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Marion Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Marion Local – 048553 (Mercer) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

Marion 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, Marion 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
$6.1M

6.3 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

Marion Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Marion 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.

Marion Township has its own tax issue on this ballot (property tax, 2.4 mills): see it on Mercer County’s ballot.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 3 Marion Local Schools tax issues — 3 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 2 of 2; of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Mercer County →

Marion 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. 6,060,215 6,888,240 6,830,067
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 0 − 855 − 2,855
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 6,060,215 6,887,385 6,827,212
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 599,156
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 6,060,215 6,887,385 7,426,368
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 6,060,215 6,887,385 7,426,368

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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.

Marion Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Marion 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.

 3,432,369 4,043,023 4,664,485 4,653,684 4,731,671 4,788,367 4,299,253
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 78,529 46,420 87,463 95,348 96,332 96,924 88,572
01.030 Income Tax

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

 0 67,133 591,955 763,447 802,777 826,860 851,666
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 5,604,494 6,375,317 6,747,667 7,245,887 7,560,471 7,642,306 7,787,748
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 410,049 470,078 557,802 451,704 439,948 428,816 420,596
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.

 445,744 515,584 584,844 593,710 600,117 607,848 545,610
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 346,427 627,315 666,082 655,523 608,085 565,752 528,022
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 10,317,612 12,144,872 13,900,297 14,459,303 14,839,400 14,956,873 14,521,467
02.050 Advances-In

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

 40,000 40,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 7,820 0 0 1,060 1,060 1,060 1,060
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 47,820 40,000 20,000 21,060 21,060 21,060 21,060
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 10,365,432 12,184,872 13,920,297 14,480,363 14,860,460 14,977,933 14,542,527
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 5,396,496 5,822,481 6,643,809 6,872,961 7,285,128 7,637,313 7,946,337
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 2,154,649 2,354,061 2,580,155 2,967,099 3,073,366 3,252,069 3,425,792
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 1,083,839 1,006,878 1,177,046 1,291,022 1,326,420 1,364,655 1,404,006
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 242,608 296,807 433,481 430,462 444,264 458,536 473,284
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 322,363 173,242 217,492 208,246 208,246 208,246 208,246
04.055 Principal - Other

Repaying other borrowing from the general fund.

 0 0 0 60,000 70,000 80,000 95,000
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 0 0 418,163 416,662 414,187 411,162 407,562
04.300 Other Objects

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

 100,193 134,266 139,525 155,887 160,237 165,044 169,995
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 9,300,148 9,787,735 11,609,670 12,402,338 12,981,848 13,577,024 14,130,221
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 545,040 817,544 5,289,443 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 40,000 40,000 20,000 0 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 585,040 857,544 5,309,443 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 9,885,188 10,645,279 16,919,113 13,652,338 14,231,848 14,827,024 15,380,221
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.

 480,244 1,539,593 (2,998,816) 828,025 628,612 150,909 (837,694)
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.

 7,039,193 7,519,437 9,059,030 6,060,215 6,888,240 7,516,852 7,667,761
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.

 7,519,437 9,059,030 6,060,215 6,888,240 7,516,852 7,667,761 6,830,067
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 118,116 122,422 0 855 2,855 2,855 2,855
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.

 7,401,321 8,936,608 6,060,215 6,887,385 7,513,997 7,664,906 6,827,212
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 0 599,156
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 599,156
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.

 7,401,321 8,936,608 6,060,215 6,887,385 7,513,997 7,664,906 7,426,368
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.

 7,401,321 8,936,608 6,060,215 6,887,385 7,513,997 7,664,906 7,426,368
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 52 74 51 86 102 104 102
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 878 863 929 894 891 921 954

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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.

Marion Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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