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Heath City forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Heath City – 044115 (Licking) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/19/2026

Heath City’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, Heath City stays above zero through FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

Cash, June 30, 2026
$6.3M

3.1 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

Heath City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Heath City 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 3 Heath City Schools tax issues — 2 passed and 1 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 2 passed; of the other 1 (a replacement), 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Licking County →

Heath City: 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. 6,344,298 7,645,999 2,650,090
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 6,344,298 7,645,999 2,650,090
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 6,344,298 7,645,999 2,650,090
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 6,344,298 7,645,999 2,650,090

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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.

Heath City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Heath City 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.

10,404,261 11,311,431 10,920,547 11,222,974 11,590,223 11,675,879 11,848,047
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

1,391,867 1,453,501 1,384,382 1,514,474 1,340,452 1,442,979 1,450,259
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

8,723,092 8,090,491 7,752,417 7,578,302 7,623,150 7,649,343 7,673,637
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

597,520 589,011 563,963 483,762 438,666 414,789 392,723
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.

900,598 983,158 992,679 1,717,509 1,009,190 1,014,124 1,031,209
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

1,574,696 1,522,965 1,588,442 1,247,443 1,141,002 1,055,849 1,021,788
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

23,592,033 23,950,557 23,202,430 23,764,465 23,142,683 23,252,963 23,417,663
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

79,047 500,000 35 2,950,000 2,950,000 2,950,000 2,950,000
02.050 Advances-In

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

296,000 601,500 88,000 127,000 127,000 127,000 127,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

57,983 18,180 70 0 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

433,029 1,119,680 88,105 3,077,000 3,077,000 3,077,000 3,077,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

24,025,063 25,070,237 23,290,535 26,841,465 26,219,683 26,329,963 26,494,663
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

11,290,618 12,459,933 13,089,252 13,509,279 14,012,351 14,590,596 15,258,959
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

4,239,659 4,588,517 5,041,604 5,240,993 5,882,887 6,288,013 6,738,896
03.030 Purchased Services

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

3,708,609 4,600,682 4,646,433 4,842,819 5,118,840 5,419,096 5,741,304
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

699,329 798,893 1,013,868 906,137 919,183 932,524 946,167
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

72,839 166,105 125,581 67,591 97,954 100,168 102,432
04.300 Other Objects

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

307,048 335,134 362,770 395,675 404,617 413,761 423,112
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

20,318,102 22,949,264 24,279,508 24,962,494 26,435,832 27,744,158 29,210,870
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

1,139,866 13,309,928 13,290 477,270 116,453 116,453 116,453
05.020 Advances-Out

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

601,500 88,000 127,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

1,741,366 13,397,928 140,290 577,270 216,453 216,453 216,453
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

22,059,468 36,347,192 24,419,798 25,539,764 26,652,285 27,960,611 29,427,323
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.

1,965,595 (11,276,955) (1,129,263) 1,301,701 (432,602) (1,630,648) (2,932,660)
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.

16,784,922 18,750,516 7,473,561 6,344,298 7,645,999 7,213,398 5,582,750
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.

18,750,516 7,473,561 6,344,298 7,645,999 7,213,398 5,582,750 2,650,090
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.

18,750,516 7,473,561 6,344,298 7,645,999 7,213,398 5,582,750 2,650,090
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.

18,750,516 7,473,561 6,344,298 7,645,999 7,213,398 5,582,750 2,650,090
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.

18,750,516 7,473,561 6,344,298 7,645,999 7,213,398 5,582,750 2,650,090
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

117 109 114 122 118 107 112
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

1,495 1,439 1,420 1,386 1,363 1,374 1,369

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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.

Heath City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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