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Genoa Area Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Genoa Area Local – 048942 (Ottawa) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/25/2026

Genoa Area 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, Genoa Area 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
$7.9M

6.3 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

Genoa Area Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 4.75 mills

    Renewal Schools

    Current operating 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. Genoa Area 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.

  2. Property tax, 0.5 mills

    Renewal Schools

    Education technology · 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. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 10 Genoa Area Local Schools tax issues — 5 passed and 5 failed. Renewals passed 2 of 2; of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 4 passed; of the other 4 (replacements), 2 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Ottawa County →

Genoa Area 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. 7,855,445 8,267,734 280,038
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 21,851 − 15,000 − 15,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 7,833,594 8,252,734 265,038
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 3,250,000
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 7,833,594 8,252,734 3,515,038
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 7,833,594 8,252,734 3,515,038

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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.

Genoa Area Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Genoa Area 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.

 6,943,821 7,538,815 8,136,864 7,575,537 7,001,293 6,389,549 6,427,997
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 7,037,601 7,065,807 6,928,949 6,793,866 6,794,317 6,794,770 6,795,225
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.

 613,793 684,360 746,841 1,237,586 1,249,962 769,201 773,047
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 991,053 882,745 1,037,971 929,909 804,322 829,860 792,863
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 15,586,268 16,171,727 16,850,625 16,536,898 15,849,894 14,783,380 14,789,132
02.050 Advances-In

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

 66,455 103,829 179,656 212,898 105,000 45,000 20,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 66,455 103,829 179,656 212,898 105,000 45,000 20,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 15,652,723 16,275,556 17,030,281 16,749,796 15,954,894 14,828,380 14,809,132
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 7,736,309 8,092,077 8,221,030 8,773,456 9,177,035 9,590,002 10,021,552
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 3,376,054 3,366,987 3,506,653 3,569,554 3,729,782 3,898,108 4,074,399
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 2,224,352 2,273,247 2,395,638 2,621,868 2,805,399 3,001,777 3,211,901
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 333,611 540,540 414,036 517,504 533,029 549,020 565,491
04.300 Other Objects

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

 280,398 292,948 317,239 345,125 357,204 369,707 382,646
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 13,950,724 14,565,799 14,854,596 15,827,507 16,602,449 17,408,614 18,255,989
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 232,070 2,179,634 402,918 405,000 406,850 413,100 413,100
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 103,829 179,656 212,898 105,000 50,000 15,000 15,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 335,899 2,359,290 615,816 510,000 456,850 428,100 428,100
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 14,286,623 16,925,089 15,470,412 16,337,507 17,059,299 17,836,714 18,684,089
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.

 1,366,100 (649,533) 1,559,869 412,289 (1,104,405) (3,008,334) (3,874,957)
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.

 5,579,009 6,945,109 6,295,576 7,855,445 8,267,734 7,163,329 4,154,995
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.

 6,945,109 6,295,576 7,855,445 8,267,734 7,163,329 4,154,995 280,038
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 26,782 18,476 21,851 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
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.

 6,918,327 6,277,100 7,833,594 8,252,734 7,148,329 4,139,995 265,038
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 0 650,000 1,300,000 1,300,000
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 650,000 1,950,000 3,250,000
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.

 6,918,327 6,277,100 7,833,594 8,252,734 7,798,329 6,089,995 3,515,038
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.

 6,918,327 6,277,100 7,833,594 8,252,734 7,798,329 6,089,995 3,515,038
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 99 90 96 95 95 95 96
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,301 1,288 1,284 1,248 1,219 1,225 1,240

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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.

Genoa Area Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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