What you can ask

Name a county, a town or a school district, and what you want to know about it. Tap a question to put it in the box, then change the place to yours.

A county

Your tax bill

Levies and the ballot

Schools

Home values, unpaid tax and foreclosures

Home prices, here or anywhere

If the site can’t tell which page you mean, your question goes to our AI model to try and give you a better answer — we don’t use any personal or identifying information to achieve this.

Find my place

School budgets

Fairlawn Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Fairlawn Local – 049775 (Shelby) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 07/22/2026

Fairlawn 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, Fairlawn 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
$4.6M

6.7 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

Fairlawn Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Fairlawn 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 1 Fairlawn Local Schools tax issue — 1 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 1 of 1.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Shelby County →

Fairlawn 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. 4,644,400 4,635,901 1,414,379
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 136,548 − 55,000 − 35,000
09.080 Set asideReserves the law or the board require, such as a budget reserve. − 62,507 − 62,507 − 62,507
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 4,445,345 4,518,394 1,316,872
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 4,445,345 4,518,394 1,316,872
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 4,445,345 4,518,394 1,316,872

Swipe sideways for more columns.

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.

Fairlawn Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Fairlawn 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.

 1,686,594 1,843,833 1,904,532 1,809,577 1,795,673 1,743,630 1,761,066
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

 482,835 539,753 544,319 549,762 555,260 560,812 566,421
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 4,883,684 4,937,791 4,995,272 5,191,101 5,113,101 5,113,101 5,113,101
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 355,793 380,310 386,252 326,717 326,717 326,717 326,717
01.045 Restrict Federal Grants-in-Aid

Federal money in the general fund that must be spent on set purposes.

 35,811 7,468 0 0 0 0 0
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.

 206,645 226,984 228,297 230,580 222,886 215,115 217,266
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 829,650 860,668 823,346 700,000 520,000 460,000 390,000
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 8,481,012 8,796,807 8,882,018 8,807,737 8,533,637 8,419,375 8,374,570
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 8,481,012 8,796,807 8,882,018 8,807,737 8,533,637 8,419,375 8,374,570
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 3,733,253 3,869,896 4,031,567 4,150,000 4,336,750 4,466,853 4,600,858
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 1,674,695 1,892,201 1,969,366 2,014,750 2,105,901 2,196,798 2,303,383
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 1,377,785 1,611,142 1,736,788 2,040,000 2,111,400 2,185,299 2,261,784
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 251,331 265,069 224,432 310,000 329,648 341,185 343,703
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 509,402 339,427 180,880 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 105,066 105,033 116,346 108,386 134,394 121,772 128,715
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 7,651,532 8,082,768 8,259,379 8,723,136 9,118,093 9,411,907 9,738,443
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 47,500 5,711,000 55,000 93,100 93,000 93,000 92,500
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 47,500 5,711,000 55,000 93,100 93,000 93,000 92,500
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 7,699,032 13,793,768 8,314,379 8,816,236 9,211,093 9,504,907 9,830,943
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.

 781,980 (4,996,961) 567,639 (8,499) (677,456) (1,085,532) (1,456,373)
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.

 8,291,742 9,073,722 4,076,761 4,644,400 4,635,901 3,956,444 2,870,752
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.

 9,073,722 4,076,761 4,644,400 4,635,901 3,956,444 2,870,752 1,414,379
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 177,962 305,814 136,548 55,000 60,000 30,000 35,000
09.030 Budget Reserve

A rainy-day reserve.

 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507
09.080 Subtotal

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

 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507 62,507
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.

 8,833,253 3,708,440 4,445,345 4,518,394 3,833,937 2,778,245 1,316,872
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.

 8,833,253 3,708,440 4,445,345 4,518,394 3,833,937 2,778,245 1,316,872
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.

 8,833,253 3,708,440 4,445,345 4,518,394 3,833,937 2,778,245 1,316,872
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 0 40 40 40 42 43 42
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 0 520 520 520 525 525 530

Swipe sideways for more columns.

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.

Fairlawn Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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.