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Oakwood City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Oakwood City – 044586 (Montgomery) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/23/2026

Oakwood 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, Oakwood City 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
$13.9M

4.8 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

Oakwood City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 1.8 mills

    Renewal School buildings

    General permanent improvements · Continuing · 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.

    Building money: kept outside the general fund, so a budget forecast never shows it.

The City of Oakwood has its own tax issue on this ballot (property tax, 2.72 mills): see it on Montgomery County’s ballot.

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

Every tax issue on the ballot in Montgomery County →

Oakwood 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. 13,890,431 13,907,531 5,856,277
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 402,010 − 500,000 − 500,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 13,488,421 13,407,531 5,356,277
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 13,488,421 13,407,531 5,356,277
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 13,488,421 13,407,531 5,356,277

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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.

Oakwood City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Oakwood 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.

 20,942,422 22,038,800 23,563,731 23,222,329 23,364,460 23,519,139 23,577,937
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 449,760 508,352 584,704 656,642 721,726 743,378 765,679
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 6,212,610 6,234,018 6,249,580 6,459,423 6,459,423 6,334,998 6,334,998
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 403,615 503,980 467,678 267,997 267,997 267,997 267,997
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.

 2,225,891 2,240,050 2,262,451 2,302,917 2,318,229 2,328,653 2,313,286
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 779,867 1,435,853 1,643,500 1,418,836 1,078,836 823,836 696,336
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 31,014,165 32,961,053 34,771,644 34,328,144 34,210,672 34,018,001 33,956,233
02.050 Advances-In

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

 200,000 24,903 0 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 57,281 88,509 68,899 0 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 257,281 113,412 68,899 0 0 0 0
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 31,271,446 33,074,465 34,840,543 34,328,144 34,210,672 34,018,001 33,956,233
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 17,655,124 18,763,380 19,911,235 20,035,502 20,858,579 21,666,571 22,506,555
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 7,362,633 7,442,757 7,979,444 8,170,140 8,445,985 9,022,361 9,647,914
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 2,173,030 2,703,816 4,273,289 3,510,107 3,421,562 3,480,636 3,497,035
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 910,807 792,980 1,404,421 1,057,659 1,030,979 1,048,779 1,053,721
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 227,503 34,025 275,545 239,161 233,128 237,153 238,270
04.300 Other Objects

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

 849,640 1,032,951 997,208 1,298,475 1,265,721 1,287,573 1,293,640
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 29,178,737 30,769,909 34,841,142 34,311,044 35,255,954 36,743,072 38,237,135
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 0 0 3,650,000 0 0 0 0
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 24,903 0 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.

 24,903 0 3,650,000 0 0 0 0
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 29,203,640 30,769,909 38,491,142 34,311,044 35,255,954 36,743,072 38,237,135
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.

 2,067,806 2,304,556 (3,650,599) 17,100 (1,045,282) (2,725,071) (4,280,901)
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.

 13,168,668 15,236,474 17,541,030 13,890,431 13,907,531 12,862,249 10,137,178
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.

 15,236,474 17,541,030 13,890,431 13,907,531 12,862,249 10,137,178 5,856,277
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 287,399 902,744 402,010 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
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.

 14,949,075 16,638,286 13,488,421 13,407,531 12,362,249 9,637,178 5,356,277
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.

 14,949,075 16,638,286 13,488,421 13,407,531 12,362,249 9,637,178 5,356,277
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.

 14,949,075 16,638,286 13,488,421 13,407,531 12,362,249 9,637,178 5,356,277

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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.

Oakwood City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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