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Perry Local forecasts running short in FY2030

Perry Local – 049924 (Stark) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/14/2026

Perry 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, Perry Local goes below zero in FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2026
$17.3M

3.5 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
FY2030

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

Perry Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Perry 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.

Perry Township has its own tax issue on this ballot (property tax, 2 mills): see it on Stark County’s ballot.

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

Every tax issue on the ballot in Stark County →

Perry 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 ActualFY2026 BudgetFY2027 ForecastFY2030
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 17,266,488 14,705,820 (13,998,251)
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 17,266,488 14,705,820 (13,998,251)
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 4,112,231
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 17,266,488 14,705,820 (9,886,020)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 17,266,488 14,705,820 (9,886,020)

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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.

Perry Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Perry 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 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 ActualFY2026 Current year budgetFY2027 Forecast year 1FY2028 Forecast year 2FY2029 Forecast year 3FY2030
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

Property tax on land and buildings — homes, farms and businesses — from levies voters have already approved.

 21,259,501 26,280,258 24,730,764 24,697,200 24,930,513 25,129,568 21,755,784
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 2,675,223 0 2,942,670 2,934,637 2,872,508 2,824,655 2,592,679
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 21,170,339 21,005,720 19,954,762 20,016,760 20,221,805 20,406,906 20,582,901
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 2,444,911 2,442,024 2,246,706 1,758,363 1,518,839 1,331,935 1,156,719
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.

 2,861,774 3,057,437 3,256,583 3,273,040 3,301,867 3,330,181 2,877,322
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 2,971,778 3,590,087 3,542,969 3,781,637 3,707,528 3,637,835 3,572,314
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 53,383,526 56,375,526 56,674,455 56,461,637 56,553,060 56,661,080 52,537,719
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 0 0 10,347 0 0 0 0
02.050 Advances-In

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

 50,211 1,650 17,000 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 116,972 57,641 761 20,588 20,588 20,588 20,588
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 167,183 59,291 28,108 20,588 20,588 20,588 20,588
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 53,550,709 56,434,817 56,702,563 56,482,225 56,573,648 56,681,668 52,558,307
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 31,771,590 32,747,185 33,657,338 34,585,611 36,198,567 37,886,863 39,657,007
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 12,030,378 12,215,122 12,810,646 12,685,265 13,904,826 14,661,108 15,459,629
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 5,721,384 6,204,917 7,256,098 6,352,624 6,632,990 6,931,996 7,246,550
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 1,749,369 2,153,681 2,738,203 3,802,751 3,897,820 3,545,265 3,645,147
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 671,108 797,009 936,494 843,538 843,538 843,538 843,538
04.050 Principal-HB 264 Loans

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

 310,000 166,000 242,898 0 0 0 0
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 292,952 292,952 146,476 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.

 638,302 627,569 618,764 703,104 703,104 703,104 703,104
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 53,185,083 55,204,435 58,406,917 58,972,893 62,180,845 64,571,874 67,554,975
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 165,000 35,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 1,650 17,000 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.

 166,650 52,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 53,351,733 55,256,435 58,476,917 59,042,893 62,250,845 64,641,874 67,624,975
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.

 198,976 1,178,382 (1,774,354) (2,560,668) (5,677,197) (7,960,206) (15,066,668)
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.

 17,663,483 17,862,459 19,040,841 17,266,488 14,705,820 9,028,623 1,068,418
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.

 17,862,459 19,040,841 17,266,488 14,705,820 9,028,623 1,068,418 (13,998,251)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 746,656 935,163 0 0 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.

 17,115,803 18,105,678 17,266,488 14,705,820 9,028,623 1,068,418 (13,998,251)
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 4,112,231
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,112,231
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.

 17,115,803 18,105,678 17,266,488 14,705,820 9,028,623 1,068,418 (9,886,020)
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.

 17,115,803 18,105,678 17,266,488 14,705,820 9,028,623 1,068,418 (9,886,020)
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 268 259 243 275 269 265 229
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 3,792 3,708 3,590 3,462 3,372 3,280 3,220

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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.

Perry Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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