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Cuyahoga Heights Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Cuyahoga Heights Local – 046557 (Cuyahoga) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/25/2026

Cuyahoga Heights 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, Cuyahoga Heights Local stays above zero through FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

Cash, June 30, 2026
$17.2M

11.1 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by 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

Cuyahoga Heights Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Cuyahoga Heights 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.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 2 Cuyahoga Heights Local Schools tax issues — 1 passed and 1 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 2 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Cuyahoga County →

Cuyahoga Heights 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 ActualFY2026 BudgetFY2027 ForecastFY2030
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 17,244,819 16,373,578 3,158,165
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 136,922 − 100,000 − 75,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 17,107,897 16,273,578 3,083,165
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 17,107,897 16,273,578 3,083,165
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 17,107,897 16,273,578 3,083,165

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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.

Cuyahoga Heights Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Cuyahoga Heights 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 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.

9,832,587 10,330,392 12,568,709 11,671,484 11,031,446 11,031,446 11,031,446
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

3,052,385 3,490,622 3,879,804 3,976,779 3,976,779 3,976,779 3,976,779
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

826,590 866,129 976,399 1,203,901 900,000 900,000 900,000
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

265,921 261,510 192,659 156,900 156,900 156,900 156,900
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.

1,735,269 1,538,575 1,339,863 1,080,811 852,491 629,171 415,851
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

2,781,570 2,754,613 2,974,927 2,154,900 1,733,900 1,603,900 1,483,900
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

18,494,322 19,241,841 21,932,361 20,244,775 18,651,516 18,298,196 17,964,876
02.050 Advances-In

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

166,714 67,431 30,500 85,000 30,000 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

18,630 12,094 23,627 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.

185,344 79,525 54,127 86,000 31,000 1,000 1,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

18,679,666 19,321,366 21,986,488 20,330,775 18,682,516 18,299,196 17,965,876
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

10,138,420 10,366,867 10,475,727 11,134,529 11,446,634 11,768,104 12,099,217
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

3,953,962 4,230,048 4,316,551 4,909,181 5,343,264 5,826,245 6,364,164
03.030 Purchased Services

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

2,682,986 2,908,333 2,885,141 3,618,581 3,566,470 3,618,729 3,642,449
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

435,781 487,835 540,011 759,125 740,425 742,750 742,750
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

37,529 39,933 29,810 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

252,524 279,218 380,499 400,600 405,600 400,600 405,600
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

17,501,202 18,312,234 18,627,739 20,972,016 21,652,393 22,506,428 23,404,180
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

200,000 4,150,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

67,431 30,500 85,000 30,000 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

267,431 4,180,500 285,000 230,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

17,768,633 22,492,734 18,912,739 21,202,016 21,852,393 22,706,428 23,604,180
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.

911,033 (3,171,368) 3,073,749 (871,241) (3,169,877) (4,407,232) (5,638,304)
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.

16,431,405 17,342,438 14,171,070 17,244,819 16,373,578 13,203,701 8,796,469
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.

17,342,438 14,171,070 17,244,819 16,373,578 13,203,701 8,796,469 3,158,165
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

43,133 144,133 136,922 100,000 75,000 75,000 75,000
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.

17,299,305 14,026,937 17,107,897 16,273,578 13,128,701 8,721,469 3,083,165
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.

17,299,305 14,026,937 17,107,897 16,273,578 13,128,701 8,721,469 3,083,165
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.

17,299,305 14,026,937 17,107,897 16,273,578 13,128,701 8,721,469 3,083,165
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

52 53 51 47 50 50 50
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

716 699 680 649 650 660 670

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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.

Cuyahoga Heights Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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