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North College Hill City forecasts running short in FY2029

North College Hill City – 044511 (Hamilton) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/12/2026

North College Hill City’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, North College Hill City goes below zero in FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes. It has written in a new income tax levy from FY2027 — $2,067,904 in FY2029 — that voters have not approved.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2025
$6.1M

3.6 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
FY2029

on its own forecast, if its levies are renewed and no new one passes

New levy in the forecast
Income tax

from FY2027, not yet approved by voters

North College Hill City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Income tax, 1.25%

    New Schools

    Current Expenses · 5 years · from Jan 1, 2027

    $125 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes

    Paid by the people who live in the district, on their income; the ballot says whether on all of it or on earnings only.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 1 North College Hill City Schools tax issue — 1 passed and 0 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Hamilton County →

North College Hill City: 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. 6,136,196 3,622,679 (2,786,044)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 0 − 185,000 − 185,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 6,136,196 3,437,679 (2,971,044)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 6,136,196 3,437,679 (2,971,044)
13.030 New leviesLevies the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on. + 0 + 0 + 3,552,203
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 6,136,196 3,437,679 581,159

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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.

North College Hill City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as North College Hill City 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.

 3,404,549 3,526,818 3,720,543 3,729,831 3,852,882 3,978,787 3,985,745
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 593,609 610,379 677,451 718,982 770,464 798,295 826,127
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 11,149,338 12,233,977 12,604,703 12,228,211 12,007,886 11,869,940 11,709,038
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 1,361,467 1,775,618 1,552,932 1,663,849 1,734,264 1,744,013 1,757,486
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.

 427,094 437,217 443,653 445,008 465,663 486,083 486,769
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 639,912 763,780 794,025 1,057,470 1,055,041 1,052,907 1,050,388
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 17,575,970 19,347,787 19,793,307 19,843,351 19,886,200 19,930,025 19,815,553
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 10,647 0 0 0 0 0 0
02.050 Advances-In

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

 422,836 985,778 0 629 1,000 1,000 1,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 289,073 44,368 104,742 51,966 52,784 53,607 54,437
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 722,557 1,030,146 104,742 52,595 53,784 54,607 55,437
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 18,298,526 20,377,933 19,898,049 19,895,946 19,939,983 19,984,631 19,870,989
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 10,687,564 9,300,465 12,393,133 13,788,069 12,633,005 12,938,900 13,555,463
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 3,170,557 3,064,784 3,942,520 4,243,644 4,281,346 4,360,968 4,645,073
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 3,037,558 3,325,476 3,351,225 3,411,123 3,513,457 3,618,861 3,727,427
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 308,339 429,679 757,846 644,162 384,647 656,903 895,327
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 59,173 283,210 2,250 0 0 0 0
04.300 Other Objects

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

 193,266 230,157 220,876 210,214 214,416 218,704 223,078
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 17,456,457 16,633,771 20,667,851 22,297,212 21,026,871 21,794,336 23,046,368
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 288,718 95,959 156,313 111,251 111,251 111,251 111,251
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 985,778 0 629 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 1,274,496 95,959 156,942 112,251 112,251 112,251 112,251
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 18,730,953 16,729,730 20,824,792 22,409,463 21,139,122 21,906,587 23,158,619
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.

 (432,426) 3,648,203 (926,743) (2,513,517) (1,199,139) (1,921,955) (3,287,630)
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.

 3,847,163 3,414,737 7,062,940 6,136,196 3,622,679 2,423,540 501,585
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.

 3,414,737 7,062,940 6,136,196 3,622,679 2,423,540 501,585 (2,786,044)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 0 0 0 185,000 185,000 185,000 185,000
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.

 3,414,737 7,062,940 6,136,196 3,437,679 2,238,540 316,585 (2,971,044)
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.

 3,414,737 7,062,940 6,136,196 3,437,679 2,238,540 316,585 (2,971,044)
13.010 Income Tax - New

A new income tax the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 114,775 1,369,524 2,067,904
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 0 114,775 1,484,299 3,552,203
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.

 3,414,737 7,062,940 6,136,196 3,437,679 2,353,315 1,800,884 581,159
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 140 147 134 86 71 56 73
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,119 1,158 1,164 1,212 1,197 1,200 1,171

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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.

North College Hill City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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