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Mathews Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Mathews Local – 050153 (Trumbull) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Mathews 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, Mathews 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
$5.0M

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

Mathews Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 2.95 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. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 5 Mathews Local Schools tax issues — 5 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 5 of 5.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Trumbull County →

Mathews 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. 4,967,718 4,383,136 (175,755)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 177,200 − 80,000 − 80,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 4,790,518 4,303,136 (255,755)
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 960,902
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 4,790,518 4,303,136 705,147
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 4,790,518 4,303,136 705,147

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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.

Mathews Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Mathews 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.

 5,203,561 4,981,915 5,213,476 5,331,914 5,412,951 5,211,899 5,046,086
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 249,025 706,680 506,728 529,347 550,152 566,304 580,462
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 2,130,006 2,503,584 2,412,522 2,257,107 2,213,500 2,213,500 2,213,500
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 212,982 247,465 233,375 156,526 122,500 122,500 122,500
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.

 712,125 721,223 729,486 745,911 756,200 764,072 769,398
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 599,635 943,687 857,284 822,878 741,000 686,000 686,000
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 9,107,334 10,104,554 9,952,871 9,843,683 9,796,303 9,564,275 9,417,946
02.050 Advances-In

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

 700 2,429 479,694 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 8,987 442,816 57,793 9,000 7,500 7,500 7,500
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 9,687 445,245 537,487 9,000 7,500 7,500 7,500
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 9,117,021 10,549,799 10,490,358 9,852,683 9,803,803 9,571,775 9,425,446
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 4,314,265 4,860,366 5,125,004 4,977,000 5,039,250 5,242,353 5,426,433
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 1,626,985 1,984,777 2,316,412 2,319,624 2,397,583 2,492,975 2,595,772
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 1,577,623 1,740,752 1,811,386 1,782,341 1,831,611 1,882,359 1,952,054
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 436,933 343,742 414,498 327,000 347,000 372,000 377,000
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 67,457 347,265 68,463 155,000 30,000 155,000 30,000
04.010 All Principal (Historical)

Borrowed money repaid in past years.

 0 136,000 71,000 142,000 148,000 154,000 161,000
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 122,122 177,263 171,300 171,300 165,079 158,601 151,845
04.300 Other Objects

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

 194,770 235,719 186,124 203,000 209,000 215,000 221,000
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 8,340,155 9,825,884 10,164,187 10,077,265 10,167,523 10,672,288 10,915,104
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 487,050 515,000 1,409,000 360,000 535,000 535,000 535,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 2,429 479,694 0 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.

 489,479 994,694 1,409,000 360,000 535,000 535,000 535,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 8,829,634 10,820,578 11,573,187 10,437,265 10,702,523 11,207,288 11,450,104
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.

 287,387 (270,779) (1,082,829) (584,582) (898,720) (1,635,513) (2,024,658)
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.

 6,033,939 6,321,326 6,050,547 4,967,718 4,383,136 3,484,416 1,848,903
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.

 6,321,326 6,050,547 4,967,718 4,383,136 3,484,416 1,848,903 (175,755)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 230,773 257,934 177,200 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000
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.

 6,090,553 5,792,613 4,790,518 4,303,136 3,404,416 1,768,903 (255,755)
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 0 336,940 623,962
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 336,940 960,902
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.

 6,090,553 5,792,613 4,790,518 4,303,136 3,404,416 2,105,843 705,147
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.

 6,090,553 5,792,613 4,790,518 4,303,136 3,404,416 2,105,843 705,147

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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.

Mathews Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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