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Kirtland Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Kirtland Local – 047878 (Lake) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Kirtland 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, Kirtland Local 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
$8.3M

5.8 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

Kirtland Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 4.36 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. Kirtland 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.

The City of Kirtland has its own tax issue on this ballot (property tax, 0.85 mills): see it on Lake County’s ballot.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 4 Kirtland Local Schools tax issues — 4 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 3 of 3; of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Lake County →

Kirtland 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 ActualFY2025 BudgetFY2026 ForecastFY2029
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 8,297,977 8,138,032 (376,069)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 50,000 − 20,833 − 20,833
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 8,247,977 8,117,199 (396,902)
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 3,382,114
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 8,247,977 8,117,199 2,985,212
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 8,247,977 8,117,199 2,985,212

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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.

Kirtland Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Kirtland 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 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.

 11,652,811 11,720,865 12,674,979 13,164,751 13,184,815 12,151,126 11,295,223
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 1,001,486 1,049,497 1,055,352 1,087,556 1,122,469 1,092,761 1,056,248
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 898,802 1,038,191 1,180,349 1,571,628 1,794,449 1,790,592 1,790,819
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 75,882 218,839 97,239 174,635 171,968 171,925 171,426
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.

 1,629,638 1,636,898 1,750,078 1,840,454 1,833,996 1,717,425 1,600,828
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 515,126 755,757 804,838 692,072 623,554 565,313 515,809
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 15,773,745 16,420,047 17,562,834 18,531,096 18,731,251 17,489,142 16,430,353
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 0 0 23,862 0 0 0 0
02.050 Advances-In

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

 134,669 0 10,000 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 227,743 68,541 211,443 108,371 108,371 108,371 108,371
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 362,412 68,541 245,305 108,371 108,371 108,371 108,371
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 16,136,157 16,488,587 17,808,140 18,639,467 18,839,622 17,597,513 16,538,724
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 9,769,092 9,757,535 10,412,340 10,582,554 10,985,788 11,404,337 11,839,189
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 3,055,688 3,086,235 3,594,489 4,273,224 4,711,987 5,067,123 5,453,393
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 1,904,635 2,125,810 2,360,818 2,615,522 2,710,432 2,809,012 2,911,413
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 343,924 420,966 446,543 579,855 494,251 509,078 524,351
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 227,731 212,390 168,552 396,628 299,760 388,945 249,930
04.300 Other Objects

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

 307,345 359,366 291,179 303,555 315,895 328,741 342,113
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 15,608,416 15,962,302 17,273,922 18,751,338 19,518,114 20,507,236 21,320,388
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 0 456,885 1,959,204 48,074 48,074 48,074 48,074
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 0 456,885 1,959,204 48,074 48,074 48,074 48,074
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 15,608,416 16,419,187 19,233,126 18,799,412 19,566,188 20,555,310 21,368,462
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.

 527,741 69,400 (1,424,987) (159,944) (726,566) (2,957,797) (4,829,738)
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.

 9,125,822 9,653,563 9,722,963 8,297,977 8,138,032 7,411,466 4,453,669
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.

 9,653,563 9,722,963 8,297,977 8,138,032 7,411,466 4,453,669 (376,069)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 0 143,205 50,000 20,833 20,833 20,833 20,833
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.

 9,653,563 9,579,758 8,247,977 8,117,199 7,390,633 4,432,836 (396,902)
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 1,127,307 2,254,807
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 1,127,307 3,382,114
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.

 9,653,563 9,579,758 8,247,977 8,117,199 7,390,633 5,560,143 2,985,212
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.

 9,653,563 9,579,758 8,247,977 8,117,199 7,390,633 5,560,143 2,985,212
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 50 43 46 86 87 73 101
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,040 1,027 969 929 928 922 874

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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.

Kirtland Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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