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Clear Fork Valley Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Clear Fork Valley Local – 049411 (Richland) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Clear Fork Valley Local’s own notes and assumptions for this forecast (PDF) →

Every Ohio school district files a budget forecast with the state: three years of actual figures, this year’s budget and the years ahead. On its own forecast, Clear Fork Valley Local stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2025
$7.2M

4.5 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by FY2029

on its own forecast, if its levies are renewed and no new one passes

New levy in the forecast
None

it counts no levy voters have not approved

Clear Fork Valley Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Clear Fork Valley Local Schools has no tax issue on this ballot, on the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues as of September 18, 2026.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Richland County →

Clear Fork Valley Local: cash, unencumbered, unreserved — four different balances

The forecast has four balance lines, and each is the one before it with something taken away or added. They are easy to mix up, and they are not the same number.

Line ActualFY2025 BudgetFY2026 ForecastFY2029
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 7,200,017 9,257,254 5,933,442
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 76,403 − 76,403 − 76,403
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 7,123,614 9,180,851 5,857,039
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 7,123,614 9,180,851 5,857,039
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 7,123,614 9,180,851 5,857,039

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For past years the state asks for no renewal or new-levy money, so the unencumbered and unreserved balances are the same; cash is larger by what is already committed and set aside. In a forecast year the unreserved balance counts any new levy as if it had passed.

Clear Fork Valley Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Clear Fork Valley Local filed it with the state, in the state’s own format. Tap or hover over a line to see what it means.

Forecast line and description ActualFY2023 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 Current year budgetFY2026 Forecast year 1FY2027 Forecast year 2FY2028 Forecast year 3FY2029
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

Property tax on land and buildings — homes, farms and businesses — from levies voters have already approved.

 3,932,511 4,634,381 5,164,104 5,288,767 5,148,646 5,446,842 5,479,912
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

Property tax on the equipment of utilities, such as power lines, pipelines and power plants.

 2,098,929 2,260,290 2,348,643 2,481,713 2,582,560 2,669,560 2,756,560
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

 2,684,298 2,723,874 2,958,439 3,027,602 3,088,154 3,149,917 3,212,915
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid the district may spend on anything — mostly Ohio's school funding formula.

 8,379,547 8,889,985 8,438,390 8,456,850 8,660,187 8,661,753 8,663,342
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid that must be spent on set purposes, such as help for pupils from low-income families.

 567,862 610,753 581,728 519,013 454,371 454,371 454,371
01.050 State Reimbursement for Property Tax Credits

The part of homeowners' property tax the state pays for them: the 10% and 2.5% rollbacks and the homestead exemption.

 623,843 695,160 781,405 792,134 874,359 834,282 838,926
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

Everything else that comes in: fees, tuition from other districts, interest, rentals and gifts.

 596,705 839,716 1,007,197 862,892 762,892 762,892 762,892
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 18,883,695 20,654,159 21,279,906 21,428,971 21,571,169 21,979,616 22,168,918
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

Money moved into the general fund from the district's other funds.

 0 0 0 1,785,902 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

One-off money, such as refunds of past spending or the sale of property.

 63,190 303,787 92,429 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

All of the other money coming in, lines 2.010 to 2.060, added together.

 63,190 303,787 92,429 1,880,902 95,000 95,000 95,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

Everything coming in for the year: revenue plus other money coming in.

 18,946,885 20,957,946 21,372,335 23,309,873 21,666,169 22,074,616 22,263,918
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 9,389,663 9,711,243 10,024,805 10,238,638 10,627,048 11,009,136 11,392,303
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

The district's share of staff pensions (STRS and SERS), health insurance, Medicare and workers' compensation.

 5,117,324 5,364,394 5,496,740 5,816,428 6,089,835 6,536,430 7,046,094
03.030 Purchased Services

Services bought from outside: utilities, repairs, contracted services and tuition paid for pupils taught elsewhere.

 1,767,620 2,005,047 2,444,980 2,544,386 2,553,653 2,609,135 2,665,932
03.040 Supplies and Materials

Textbooks, classroom supplies, fuel, food and other things the district buys.

 624,742 858,430 657,569 794,206 869,976 755,940 767,102
03.050 Capital Outlay

Equipment, buses and building improvements paid for from the general fund.

 70,180 217,652 148,598 310,000 317,000 324,350 332,068
04.300 Other Objects

Other costs, such as the county's fees for collecting its taxes, audits, elections, insurance and memberships.

 246,276 449,650 440,873 448,978 457,275 465,770 474,467
04.500 Total Expenditures

Everything the district spends in the year, lines 3.010 to 4.300, added together.

 17,215,805 18,606,416 19,213,565 20,152,635 20,914,788 21,700,761 22,677,965
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

Money moved out of the general fund to the district's other funds, such as food service or athletics.

 1,067,979 1,129,357 1,665,003 1,100,000 1,380,000 1,335,000 1,320,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

All of the other money going out, lines 5.010 to 5.030, added together.

 1,067,979 1,129,357 1,665,003 1,100,000 1,380,000 1,335,000 1,320,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

Everything going out for the year: spending plus other money going out.

 18,283,784 19,735,773 20,878,568 21,252,635 22,294,788 23,035,761 23,997,965
06.010 Excess Of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

The year's result: money in minus money out. A number in brackets means the district spent more than it took in.

 663,101 1,222,173 493,767 2,057,237 (628,619) (961,145) (1,734,048)
07.010 Beginning Cash Balance July 1 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash in the general fund on July 1, the start of the school year — last year's ending cash.

 4,820,976 5,484,077 6,706,250 7,200,017 9,257,254 8,628,635 7,667,490
07.020 Ending Cash Balance June 30 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash on June 30, the end of the year: the starting cash plus the year's result, before any renewal or new levy.

 5,484,077 6,706,250 7,200,017 9,257,254 8,628,635 7,667,490 5,933,442
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

Money already committed: purchase orders and contracts signed but not yet paid.

 9,483 15,823 76,403 76,403 76,403 76,403 76,403
10.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certification of Appropriations

What is free to spend: the ending cash less money already committed and money set aside — often called the unencumbered balance.

 5,474,594 6,690,427 7,123,614 9,180,851 8,552,232 7,591,087 5,857,039
11.010 Income Tax - Renewal

An existing income tax the district expects voters to renew. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.020 Property Tax - Renewal or Replacement

Existing property tax levies the district expects voters to renew or replace. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certificates of Contracts Salary Schedules, and Other Obligations

The balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does.

 5,474,594 6,690,427 7,123,614 9,180,851 8,552,232 7,591,087 5,857,039
13.010 Income Tax - New

A new income tax the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.020 Property Tax - New

A new property tax levy the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.030 Cumulative Balance of New Levies

The new levies above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15.010 Unreserved Fund Balance June 30

The state's bottom line: the balance with renewals and new levies counted as if voters approve them.

 5,474,594 6,690,427 7,123,614 9,180,851 8,552,232 7,591,087 5,857,039
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 100 107 99 91 105 103 106
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,405 1,362 1,319 1,319 1,317 1,293 1,285

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Dollars, except the two enrolment lines (20.010 and 20.015), which are pupils. A line that is zero in every year is left out, as the state’s report leaves it out — except the renewal and new-levy lines (11 and 13), which are always shown, because a zero there is the answer.

Clear Fork Valley Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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