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Licking Valley Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Licking Valley Local – 048017 (Licking) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/27/2026

Licking Valley 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 Valley 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
$11.6M

5.9 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

Licking Valley Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Licking Valley 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.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Licking County →

Licking Valley 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. 11,600,281 13,456,800 7,956,158
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 62,167 − 62,167 − 62,167
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 11,538,114 13,394,633 7,893,991
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 11,538,114 13,394,633 7,893,991
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 11,538,114 13,394,633 7,893,991

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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 Valley Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Licking Valley 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.

 5,113,793 6,039,423 6,756,673 6,881,981 5,993,443 6,172,891 6,107,823
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 862,868 757,770 965,517 974,070 1,047,200 1,053,180 1,059,160
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

 3,558,138 3,711,218 4,012,283 4,379,650 4,489,141 4,534,032 4,579,372
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 11,598,772 12,774,115 13,066,949 13,051,155 12,821,916 12,824,847 12,827,842
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 710,561 912,980 912,043 730,240 678,899 678,899 678,899
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.

 740,440 841,645 952,870 963,500 1,741,142 1,031,843 1,037,216
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 665,971 1,111,857 1,160,769 1,008,033 825,446 612,428 505,919
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 23,250,543 26,149,008 27,827,104 27,988,629 27,597,187 26,908,120 26,796,231
02.050 Advances-In

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

 121,553 189,901 235,481 155,000 155,000 155,000 155,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 78,141 138,500 76,929 76,929 76,929 76,929 76,929
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 199,694 328,401 312,410 231,929 231,929 231,929 231,929
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 23,450,237 26,477,409 28,139,514 28,220,558 27,829,116 27,140,049 27,028,160
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 12,710,034 12,996,496 13,938,094 15,106,189 15,891,118 16,531,102 17,177,012
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 3,843,342 3,783,757 4,145,588 4,598,901 5,186,043 5,773,127 6,401,660
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 2,707,145 2,832,358 3,251,638 3,883,645 4,016,578 4,149,036 4,286,030
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 911,880 958,511 1,447,175 1,544,873 1,536,344 1,764,934 1,678,433
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 449,275 367,812 359,737 64,447 242,025 151,706 157,774
04.300 Other Objects

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

 257,399 305,202 335,672 373,331 388,264 407,691 428,130
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 20,879,075 21,244,136 23,477,904 25,571,386 27,260,372 28,777,596 30,129,039
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 741,743 838,529 10,959,386 653,529 253,529 253,529 406,529
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 189,901 235,481 139,124 139,124 139,124 139,124 139,124
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 931,644 1,074,010 11,098,510 792,653 392,653 392,653 545,653
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 21,810,719 22,318,146 34,576,414 26,364,039 27,653,025 29,170,249 30,674,692
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.

 1,639,518 4,159,263 (6,436,900) 1,856,519 176,091 (2,030,200) (3,646,532)
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.

 12,238,400 13,877,918 18,037,181 11,600,281 13,456,800 13,632,891 11,602,691
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.

 13,877,918 18,037,181 11,600,281 13,456,800 13,632,891 11,602,691 7,956,158
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 62,167 62,167 62,167 62,167 62,167 62,167 62,167
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.

 13,815,751 17,975,014 11,538,114 13,394,633 13,570,724 11,540,524 7,893,991
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.

 13,815,751 17,975,014 11,538,114 13,394,633 13,570,724 11,540,524 7,893,991
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.

 13,815,751 17,975,014 11,538,114 13,394,633 13,570,724 11,540,524 7,893,991
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 1,957 2,005 2,005 2,005 2,005 2,005 2,005
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 150 150 150 150 150 150 150

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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 Valley Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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