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Edison Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Edison Local – 047795 (Jefferson) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/26/2026

Edison 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, Edison Local stays above zero through 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
$15.2M

8.7 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

Edison Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 1.85 mills

    Renewal Schools

    Current expenses · 5 years · from 2027

    Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. Edison Local sits at Ohio’s 20-mill floor on the state’s 2025 rates, so its operating levies, this one among them, are no longer cut when homes are revalued: what they collect rises with values, which a 2025 law holds to inflation.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 1 Edison Local Schools tax issue — 1 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 1 of 1.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Jefferson County →

Edison 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. 15,243,385 16,146,751 13,716,335
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 125,376 − 110,000 − 0
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 15,118,009 16,036,751 13,716,335
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 2,870,063
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 15,118,009 16,036,751 16,586,398
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 15,118,009 16,036,751 16,586,398

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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.

Edison Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Edison 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.

 7,980,572 8,236,127 8,921,571 8,771,897 8,565,126 8,306,721 8,325,056
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 6,772,496 6,936,483 7,363,244 6,717,186 6,688,044 6,465,855 6,468,605
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 5,468,086 5,746,978 5,981,474 6,220,057 6,227,003 6,233,731 6,240,081
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 558,763 421,650 295,446 253,869 259,496 265,425 271,815
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.

 794,152 847,999 899,140 890,612 861,474 832,279 833,520
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 1,178,863 1,108,698 1,275,968 1,129,209 1,078,240 1,032,368 991,083
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 22,752,932 23,297,935 24,736,841 23,982,830 23,679,383 23,136,379 23,130,160
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 395,788 650,350 12,596 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 168,213 13,025 164,211 164,135 164,135 159,135 159,135
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 564,001 663,375 176,807 164,135 164,135 159,135 159,135
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 23,316,933 23,961,311 24,913,648 24,146,965 23,843,518 23,295,514 23,289,295
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 9,168,461 9,623,264 10,182,004 10,760,260 11,185,618 11,629,840 11,957,358
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 4,947,768 5,144,612 5,318,773 5,558,417 5,462,259 5,539,376 5,596,233
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 2,550,556 2,984,915 3,207,755 3,673,995 3,774,031 3,864,532 3,960,406
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 1,117,894 1,099,358 998,138 1,421,250 1,433,408 1,446,297 1,459,959
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 414,176 596,760 703,800 872,143 880,038 880,038 880,038
04.010 All Principal (Historical)

Borrowed money repaid in past years.

 465,000 480,000 0 0 0 0 0
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 184,625 170,450 0 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 409,489 536,802 524,824 605,798 618,034 618,034 618,034
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 19,257,969 20,636,161 20,935,294 22,896,863 23,358,388 23,983,117 24,477,028
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 495,788 7,811,350 778,138 346,737 346,737 346,737 346,737
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 495,788 7,811,350 778,138 346,737 346,737 346,737 346,737
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 19,753,757 28,447,511 21,713,432 23,243,600 23,705,125 24,329,854 24,823,765
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.

 3,563,176 (4,486,200) 3,200,216 903,365 138,393 (1,034,340) (1,534,470)
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.

 12,966,194 16,529,370 12,043,170 15,243,385 16,146,751 16,285,144 15,250,804
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.

 16,529,370 12,043,170 15,243,385 16,146,751 16,285,144 15,250,804 13,716,335
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 0 0 125,376 110,000 110,000 110,000 0
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.

 16,529,370 12,043,170 15,118,009 16,036,751 16,175,144 15,140,804 13,716,335
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 0 574,015 1,148,027 1,148,021
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 574,015 1,722,042 2,870,063
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.

 16,529,370 12,043,170 15,118,009 16,036,751 16,749,159 16,862,846 16,586,398
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.

 16,529,370 12,043,170 15,118,009 16,036,751 16,749,159 16,862,846 16,586,398
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 80 89 89 88 81 89 94
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,193 1,154 1,151 1,140 1,135 1,115 1,098

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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.

Edison Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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