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Hilliard City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Hilliard City – 047019 (Franklin) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

Hilliard 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, Hilliard City stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2025
$97.4M

4.8 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by FY2029

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

Hilliard City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Hilliard 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 1 Hilliard City Schools tax issue — 1 passed and 0 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Franklin County →

Hilliard 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 ActualFY2025 BudgetFY2026 ForecastFY2029
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 97,406,717 106,168,793 90,936,877
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 887,307 − 2,000,000 − 2,000,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 96,519,410 104,168,793 88,936,877
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 96,519,410 104,168,793 88,936,877
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 96,519,410 104,168,793 88,936,877

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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.

Hilliard City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Hilliard 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 ActualFY2023 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 Current year budgetFY2026 Forecast year 1FY2027 Forecast year 2FY2028 Forecast year 3FY2029
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

Property tax on land and buildings — homes, farms and businesses — from levies voters have already approved.

 130,873,575 133,461,817 152,979,225 170,081,240 174,439,166 177,661,334 179,746,563
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 12,366,806 13,249,700 13,365,181 15,341,097 15,557,552 15,667,906 15,719,938
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 47,333,877 51,953,010 50,613,373 49,894,897 53,509,655 52,028,076 52,111,675
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 3,809,667 5,274,436 5,376,985 5,343,381 3,561,148 3,223,837 3,148,818
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.

 12,604,591 12,841,254 13,215,212 13,423,835 13,831,849 14,122,632 14,290,140
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 19,035,479 16,306,274 16,792,386 18,152,153 18,358,847 18,491,971 18,445,971
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 226,023,994 233,086,491 252,342,362 272,236,603 279,258,217 281,195,756 283,463,105
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 28,289 56,561 75,544 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 28,289 56,561 75,544 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 226,052,284 233,143,052 252,417,906 272,361,603 279,383,217 281,320,756 283,588,105
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 138,624,353 142,402,369 146,863,591 153,195,740 159,664,664 166,256,856 171,501,324
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 54,162,263 57,762,572 62,151,910 66,428,395 69,712,146 74,021,774 78,132,382
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 19,254,071 21,735,880 24,247,381 28,840,657 30,262,035 31,125,916 32,018,619
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 8,652,110 8,036,796 6,782,303 9,022,776 9,209,850 9,399,972 9,594,105
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 2,244,976 2,214,951 1,829,325 2,377,196 2,402,699 2,461,824 2,522,577
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 277,500 277,500 277,500 138,750 0 0 0
04.300 Other Objects

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

 2,828,334 3,121,765 3,742,812 3,377,648 3,341,430 3,582,229 3,653,594
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 226,043,607 235,551,832 245,894,822 263,381,162 274,592,825 286,848,571 297,422,600
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 343,909 228,148 185,147 218,365 220,000 220,000 220,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 343,909 228,148 185,147 218,365 220,000 220,000 220,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 226,387,516 235,779,980 246,079,969 263,599,527 274,812,825 287,068,571 297,642,600
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.

 (335,232) (2,636,928) 6,337,937 8,762,076 4,570,393 (5,747,815) (14,054,495)
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.

 94,040,940 93,705,708 91,068,780 97,406,717 106,168,793 110,739,186 104,991,372
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.

 93,705,708 91,068,780 97,406,717 106,168,793 110,739,186 104,991,372 90,936,877
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 2,572,232 2,051,270 887,307 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
09.045 Fiscal Stabilization

Money set aside to steady the budget over future years.

 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
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.

 91,133,477 89,017,510 96,519,410 104,168,793 108,739,186 102,991,372 88,936,877
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.

 91,133,477 89,017,510 96,519,410 104,168,793 108,739,186 102,991,372 88,936,877
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.

 91,133,477 89,017,510 96,519,410 104,168,793 108,739,186 102,991,372 88,936,877
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 1,223 1,167 1,174 1,089 1,160 1,102 1,096
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 14,319 14,446 14,444 14,529 14,364 14,511 14,556

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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.

Hilliard City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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