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Ontario Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Ontario Local – 049478 (Richland) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/26/2026

Ontario 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, Ontario 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
$10.7M

5.5 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

Ontario Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Ontario 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.

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

Every tax issue on the ballot in Richland County →

Ontario 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. 10,719,169 9,551,206 7,104,906
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 28,863 − 2,301,270 − 0
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 10,690,306 7,249,936 7,104,906
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 10,690,306 7,249,936 7,104,906
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 10,690,306 7,249,936 7,104,906

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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.

Ontario Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Ontario 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.

 11,447,364 12,275,113 13,072,252 12,092,980 12,098,868 12,153,567 12,180,823
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 0 0 0 880,511 891,994 880,384 880,384
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 5,880,452 6,795,926 7,367,591 7,784,313 7,978,471 8,080,971 8,180,971
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 385,590 584,571 662,684 583,382 591,622 591,622 591,622
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.

 1,136,142 1,230,529 1,338,302 1,356,518 1,354,792 1,345,846 1,349,725
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 1,196,623 1,409,147 1,628,482 1,476,500 1,430,500 1,485,500 1,443,500
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 20,046,171 22,295,286 24,069,311 24,174,204 24,346,247 24,537,890 24,627,025
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 2,765 7,758 6,118 6,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 2,765 7,758 6,118 6,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 20,048,936 22,303,044 24,075,429 24,180,204 24,351,247 24,542,890 24,632,025
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 10,449,131 11,090,343 11,889,574 12,359,123 12,610,302 12,992,459 13,343,056
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 4,130,053 4,626,084 5,017,742 5,500,070 5,706,598 6,060,362 6,673,213
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 2,522,638 3,061,558 3,798,748 4,275,578 4,390,152 4,405,440 4,504,290
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 636,980 623,907 814,272 1,117,330 880,900 1,024,900 1,026,900
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 361,274 1,094,228 1,619,643 1,627,887 361,000 362,000 367,000
04.050 Principal-HB 264 Loans

Repaying loans for energy-saving building work (House Bill 264).

 129,543 0 0 140,744 141,153 41,566 41,982
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 18,663 0 1,772 7,290 3,231 944 527
04.300 Other Objects

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

 315,389 330,993 315,280 320,145 371,880 330,189 332,418
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 18,563,671 20,827,113 23,457,031 25,348,167 24,465,216 25,217,860 26,289,386
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 18,563,671 20,827,113 23,457,031 25,348,167 24,465,216 25,217,860 26,289,386
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.

 1,485,265 1,475,931 618,398 (1,167,963) (113,969) (674,970) (1,657,361)
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.

 7,139,575 8,624,840 10,100,771 10,719,169 9,551,206 9,437,237 8,762,267
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.

 8,624,840 10,100,771 10,719,169 9,551,206 9,437,237 8,762,267 7,104,906
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 8,965 269 28,863 2,301,270 0 0 0
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.

 8,615,875 10,100,502 10,690,306 7,249,936 9,437,237 8,762,267 7,104,906
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.

 8,615,875 10,100,502 10,690,306 7,249,936 9,437,237 8,762,267 7,104,906
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.

 8,615,875 10,100,502 10,690,306 7,249,936 9,437,237 8,762,267 7,104,906
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 133 128 133 132 133 133 133
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 1,740 1,724 1,722 1,750 1,750 1,750 1,750

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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.

Ontario Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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