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Licking Heights Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Licking Heights Local – 048009 (Licking) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/25/2026

Licking Heights 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, Licking Heights 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
$59.2M

10.1 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

Licking Heights Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Licking Heights 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 Licking Heights Local Schools tax issue — 0 passed and 1 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 0 of 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Licking County →

Licking Heights 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. 59,194,876 66,146,918 38,978,228
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 0 − 50,000 − 50,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 59,194,876 66,096,918 38,928,228
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 5,432,899
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 59,194,876 66,096,918 44,361,127
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 59,194,876 66,096,918 44,361,127

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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.

Licking Heights Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Licking Heights 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.

 25,955,508 28,627,742 30,008,995 24,426,456 26,047,392 26,191,810 22,884,019
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 4,746,148 5,320,864 5,845,784 6,472,129 6,499,582 6,580,967 5,903,955
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 22,307,699 25,397,040 29,264,965 30,217,701 29,127,909 29,134,713 29,141,618
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 2,446,945 2,614,715 2,523,589 2,495,084 2,518,584 2,518,584 2,518,584
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.

 3,286,609 3,733,504 3,825,664 6,642,286 4,101,893 4,220,021 3,757,336
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 13,476,464 15,156,405 16,341,817 15,763,644 15,035,929 14,335,776 13,958,422
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 72,219,372 80,850,271 87,810,813 86,017,300 83,331,289 82,981,871 78,163,934
02.010 Proceeds From Sale of Notes

Short-term borrowing (notes) brought into the general fund.

 0 0 7,648 0 0 0 0
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 0 39,219 5,588 5,588 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 191,466 11,965 95,485 103,133 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 191,466 51,184 108,721 108,721 0 0 0
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 72,410,838 80,901,455 87,919,534 86,126,021 83,331,289 82,981,871 78,163,934
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 30,384,940 34,622,495 38,921,890 42,903,443 46,315,070 49,883,863 53,733,815
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 10,018,290 11,789,622 13,539,353 15,421,902 17,150,350 19,041,995 21,196,405
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 9,884,758 11,461,760 13,374,576 14,376,984 15,706,102 16,244,539 16,833,538
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 2,213,363 2,968,227 2,791,571 2,931,150 3,077,707 3,231,592 3,393,172
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 1,245,240 4,161,632 730,904 2,500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 866,140 863,235 955,335 890,500 927,210 945,754 964,670
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 54,612,730 65,866,971 70,313,630 79,023,979 84,176,439 90,347,744 97,121,600
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 6,000,000 14,000,000 146 150,000 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 6,000,000 14,000,000 146 150,000 0 0 0
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 60,612,730 79,866,971 70,313,776 79,173,979 84,176,439 90,347,744 97,121,600
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.

 11,798,108 1,034,484 17,605,758 6,952,042 (845,150) (7,365,873) (18,957,666)
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.

 28,756,526 40,554,634 41,589,119 59,194,876 66,146,918 65,301,768 57,935,895
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.

 40,554,634 41,589,119 59,194,876 66,146,918 65,301,768 57,935,895 38,978,228
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 13,131 0 0 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
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.

 40,541,503 41,589,119 59,194,876 66,096,918 65,251,768 57,885,895 38,928,228
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 5,432,899
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,432,899
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.

 40,541,503 41,589,119 59,194,876 66,096,918 65,251,768 57,885,895 44,361,127
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.

 40,541,503 41,589,119 59,194,876 66,096,918 65,251,768 57,885,895 44,361,127
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 391 391 391 400 405 410 415
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 3,911 3,911 3,911 4,500 4,545 4,590 4,635

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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.

Licking Heights Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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