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Cuyahoga Valley Career Center forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center – 050922 (Cuyahoga) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/10/2026

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center’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 Valley Career Center stays above zero through FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes. A career center serves pupils from several districts, so it is in no county’s total and not in Ohio’s.

Cash, June 30, 2026
$20.5M

16.1 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 Valley Career Center Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center 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 Cuyahoga County →

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center: 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. 20,528,168 23,594,563 20,677,303
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 238,450 − 300,000 − 300,000
09.080 Set asideReserves the law or the board require, such as a budget reserve. − 1,125,000 − 1,100,000 − 1,100,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 19,164,718 22,194,563 19,277,303
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 19,164,718 22,194,563 19,277,303
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 19,164,718 22,194,563 19,277,303

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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 Valley Career Center’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Cuyahoga Valley Career Center 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.

13,541,616 14,872,247 15,622,685 15,739,915 15,223,538 15,049,495 15,220,022
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

674,090 706,757 721,002 779,436 809,020 838,602 868,184
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

1,536,085 1,482,450 1,538,367 1,593,467 1,688,674 1,684,139 1,726,529
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

629,352 1,258,200 693,138 518,662 433,714 440,099 400,567
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.

1,630,954 1,830,243 1,949,559 1,996,043 2,089,353 2,145,070 2,167,099
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

1,077,422 1,610,226 1,523,598 1,210,000 1,160,000 1,110,000 1,110,000
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

19,089,521 21,760,123 22,048,350 21,837,523 21,404,299 21,267,405 21,492,401
02.050 Advances-In

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

222,000 157,000 157,000 185,000 185,000 185,000 185,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

26,712 50 90,886 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.

248,712 157,050 247,886 186,000 186,000 186,000 186,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

19,338,233 21,917,173 22,296,236 22,023,524 21,590,300 21,453,406 21,678,402
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

8,403,531 8,482,067 9,084,060 9,207,120 9,572,698 9,906,659 10,342,649
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

3,104,773 3,421,505 3,326,653 3,522,237 3,777,868 4,003,098 4,259,774
03.030 Purchased Services

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

1,232,226 1,470,480 1,655,855 1,822,320 1,858,766 1,895,942 1,933,861
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

670,150 690,708 648,029 822,372 838,819 855,596 872,707
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

26,792 15,252 13,576 23,100 273,562 24,033 24,513
04.300 Other Objects

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

442,121 503,770 528,826 602,979 615,038 627,339 639,886
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

13,879,593 14,583,782 15,256,999 16,000,128 16,936,751 17,312,667 18,073,390
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

5,264,696 5,798,650 7,053,018 2,500,000 6,821,560 5,249,000 1,875,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

157,000 157,000 185,000 185,000 185,000 185,000 185,000
05.030 All Other Financing Uses

Other one-off money going out.

208,158 178,357 214,000 272,000 272,000 272,000 272,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

5,629,854 6,134,007 7,452,018 2,957,000 7,278,560 5,706,000 2,332,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

19,509,447 20,717,789 22,709,017 18,957,128 24,215,311 23,018,667 20,405,390
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.

(171,214) 1,199,384 (412,781) 3,066,396 (2,625,011) (1,565,261) 1,273,012
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.

19,912,779 19,741,565 20,940,948 20,528,168 23,594,563 20,969,552 19,404,291
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.

19,741,565 20,940,948 20,528,168 23,594,563 20,969,552 19,404,291 20,677,303
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

251,595 279,095 238,450 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
09.030 Budget Reserve

A rainy-day reserve.

0 0 1,125,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000
09.080 Subtotal

All of the money set aside, lines 9.010 to 9.070, added together.

0 0 1,125,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000
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.

19,489,970 20,661,853 19,164,718 22,194,563 19,569,552 18,004,291 19,277,303
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.

19,489,970 20,661,853 19,164,718 22,194,563 19,569,552 18,004,291 19,277,303
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.

19,489,970 20,661,853 19,164,718 22,194,563 19,569,552 18,004,291 19,277,303
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

429 446 446 453 460 467 473

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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.

Another county or district

From the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s bulk forecast files — the filings its Forecast Submissions report shows one district at a time, to the dollar. A county’s figures are the traditional districts the state files under it, added together; Ohio’s are all of them. Each district writes its own forecast, and nothing here is estimated. The 49 career centers file their own forecasts and are listed under their home county, but are in no total: each serves several counties.