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Conneaut Area City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Conneaut Area City – 043810 (Ashtabula) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Conneaut Area City’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, Conneaut Area City 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
$8.7M

4.9 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

Conneaut Area City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Conneaut Area City 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 4 Conneaut Area City Schools tax issues — 2 passed and 2 failed. Renewals passed 2 of 2; of the issues asking for new money, 0 of 2 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Ashtabula County →

Conneaut Area City: 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. 8,744,593 7,581,952 364,024
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 8,744,593 7,581,952 364,024
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 1,812,686
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 8,744,593 7,581,952 2,176,710
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 8,744,593 7,581,952 2,176,710

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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.

Conneaut Area City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Conneaut Area City 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.

 5,059,226 5,960,408 5,908,479 6,163,306 6,151,961 5,633,893 5,093,096
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 500,258 518,944 559,739 601,275 633,662 609,258 578,496
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 10,763,457 11,577,878 11,871,620 12,761,796 13,023,250 12,952,635 12,890,471
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 995,135 1,278,783 1,973,779 1,654,650 1,673,870 1,669,699 1,666,389
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.

 588,384 638,285 713,636 741,241 740,609 723,956 703,800
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 1,008,223 1,488,139 1,227,211 1,199,745 1,097,000 1,016,143 917,892
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 18,914,683 21,462,437 22,254,464 23,122,013 23,320,352 22,605,584 21,850,144
02.050 Advances-In

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

 665,012 1,907,858 974,457 203,623 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 13,979 9,010 15,297 113 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 678,991 1,916,868 989,754 203,737 0 0 0
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 19,593,674 23,379,305 23,244,218 23,325,749 23,320,352 22,605,584 21,850,144
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 9,868,959 9,550,911 11,874,000 12,532,214 12,715,067 13,178,250 13,705,466
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 3,960,187 4,125,878 5,286,614 7,135,820 6,488,158 7,016,109 7,505,146
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 3,115,946 3,293,677 3,353,741 3,501,494 3,566,069 3,632,896 3,701,016
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 601,322 508,815 608,047 643,339 614,469 626,758 639,293
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 9,411 35,318 97,709 75,642 77,690 80,020 82,421
04.050 Principal-HB 264 Loans

Repaying loans for energy-saving building work (House Bill 264).

 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 0 0 0
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 10,166 1,413 0 2,961 0 0 0
04.300 Other Objects

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

 194,880 208,096 249,092 226,920 196,271 200,037 203,875
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 17,875,871 17,839,109 21,584,203 24,233,390 23,657,723 24,734,070 25,837,217
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 260,133 2,150,000 255,000 255,000 255,000 255,000 255,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 1,907,858 974,457 10,000 0 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 2,167,991 3,124,457 265,000 255,000 255,000 255,000 255,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 20,043,862 20,963,566 21,849,203 24,488,390 23,912,723 24,989,070 26,092,217
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.

 (450,188) 2,415,739 1,395,015 (1,162,641) (592,371) (2,383,486) (4,242,072)
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.

 5,384,026 4,933,838 7,349,578 8,744,593 7,581,952 6,989,582 4,606,096
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.

 4,933,838 7,349,578 8,744,593 7,581,952 6,989,582 4,606,096 364,024
09.045 Fiscal Stabilization

Money set aside to steady the budget over future years.

 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
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.

 4,933,838 7,349,578 8,744,593 7,581,952 6,989,582 4,606,096 364,024
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 0 604,227 1,208,459
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 604,227 1,812,686
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.

 4,933,838 7,349,578 8,744,593 7,581,952 6,989,582 5,210,323 2,176,710
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.

 4,933,838 7,349,578 8,744,593 7,581,952 6,989,582 5,210,323 2,176,710
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 136 130 114 110 187 160 117
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,340 1,347 1,372 1,376 1,283 1,310 1,353

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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.

Conneaut Area City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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