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Cleveland Municipal forecasts running short in FY2030

Cleveland Municipal – 043786 (Cuyahoga) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/17/2026

Cleveland Municipal’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, Cleveland Municipal goes below zero in FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2026
$115.5M

1.8 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
FY2030

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

Cleveland Municipal Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Cleveland Municipal 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.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 2 Cleveland Municipal Schools tax issues — 2 passed and 0 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 2 of 2 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Cuyahoga County →

Cleveland Municipal: 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 ActualFY2026 BudgetFY2027 ForecastFY2030
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 115,511,587 111,618,907 (50,222,715)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 19,705,203 − 20,000,000 − 20,000,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 95,806,384 91,618,907 (70,222,715)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 95,806,384 91,618,907 (70,222,715)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 95,806,384 91,618,907 (70,222,715)

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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.

Cleveland Municipal’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Cleveland Municipal 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 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 ActualFY2026 Current year budgetFY2027 Forecast year 1FY2028 Forecast year 2FY2029 Forecast year 3FY2030
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

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

 224,363,634 238,708,055 263,372,454 272,795,744 274,438,621 276,050,027 276,853,186
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 43,298,224 47,439,863 51,849,224 57,367,505 59,249,354 61,394,419 63,539,484
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 270,410,577 268,516,556 270,420,617 274,017,252 272,787,254 271,152,776 270,308,213
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 57,286,413 51,428,841 50,449,259 49,465,513 49,910,810 51,109,991 51,558,910
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.

 17,017,244 17,345,675 17,627,351 17,762,859 17,916,522 18,064,813 18,102,430
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 46,878,721 65,474,409 74,074,337 63,674,615 62,626,271 61,820,562 61,394,595
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 659,254,814 688,913,399 727,793,242 735,083,488 736,928,832 739,592,588 741,756,818
02.050 Advances-In

Money the general fund lent to the district's other funds, coming back.

 69,779,839 48,445,511 12,409,723 9,925,922 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 3,550 17,028 64,040 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 69,783,389 48,462,539 12,473,763 9,926,922 10,001,000 10,001,000 10,001,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 729,038,203 737,375,938 740,267,005 745,010,410 746,929,832 749,593,588 751,757,818
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 372,804,302 410,238,445 399,765,007 386,250,983 393,779,201 399,814,474 405,893,263
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 167,365,036 166,208,052 187,689,727 188,793,659 202,389,665 216,963,716 232,900,026
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 84,027,656 109,211,151 128,376,102 122,090,528 129,260,291 132,606,799 136,434,469
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 16,282,625 22,361,982 20,478,648 25,227,428 25,858,114 26,504,566 27,167,181
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 1,012,687 7,852,599 1,802,258 3,526,906 3,615,079 3,705,456 3,798,092
04.300 Other Objects

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

 7,818,073 13,211,229 13,399,795 13,013,586 13,078,654 13,144,047 13,209,767
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 649,310,380 729,083,458 751,511,537 738,903,090 767,981,004 792,739,058 819,402,798
05.020 Advances-Out

Money the general fund lends to the district's other funds for a while.

 48,445,511 12,409,723 9,925,922 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 48,445,511 12,409,723 9,925,922 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 697,755,891 741,493,180 761,437,459 748,903,090 777,981,004 802,739,058 829,402,798
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.

 31,282,312 (4,117,242) (21,170,454) (3,892,680) (31,051,172) (53,145,470) (77,644,980)
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.

 109,516,971 140,799,283 136,682,041 115,511,587 111,618,907 80,567,735 27,422,265
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.

 140,799,283 136,682,041 115,511,587 111,618,907 80,567,735 27,422,265 (50,222,715)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 42,594,341 22,988,248 19,705,203 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000
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.

 98,204,942 113,693,793 95,806,384 91,618,907 60,567,735 7,422,265 (70,222,715)
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.

 98,204,942 113,693,793 95,806,384 91,618,907 60,567,735 7,422,265 (70,222,715)
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.

 98,204,942 113,693,793 95,806,384 91,618,907 60,567,735 7,422,265 (70,222,715)

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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.

Cleveland Municipal’s levies, spending and test scores →

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