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South Central Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

South Central Local – 047738 (Huron) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

South Central 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, South Central 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
$9.0M

8.5 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

South Central Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 1 mill

    Renewal School buildings

    General permanent improvements · 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.

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

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

Every tax issue on the ballot in Huron County →

South Central 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. 9,012,226 6,080,581 6,203,790
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 13,701 − 35,000 − 35,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 8,998,525 6,045,581 6,168,790
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 8,998,525 6,045,581 6,168,790
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 8,998,525 6,045,581 6,168,790

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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.

South Central Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as South Central 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.

 1,720,583 1,782,474 2,149,434 2,440,793 1,971,312 2,240,144 2,304,700
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 153,935 138,162 217,168 189,895 198,609 202,059 205,509
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

 1,482,162 1,523,206 1,523,304 1,623,800 1,688,752 1,756,303 1,826,555
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 6,224,594 6,988,348 7,267,037 7,446,900 7,934,047 7,937,947 7,941,926
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 545,258 615,828 660,661 564,602 569,464 569,464 569,464
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.

 259,771 261,304 308,445 366,794 713,628 684,728 409,423
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 579,928 705,642 654,895 665,335 675,964 686,786 697,806
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 10,966,231 12,014,964 12,780,944 13,298,120 13,751,777 14,077,431 13,955,383
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 45,755 45,000 70,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
02.050 Advances-In

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

 4,050 0 26,300 1,000 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.

 796 1,419 0 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.

 50,601 46,419 96,800 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 11,016,832 12,061,383 12,877,744 13,304,120 13,757,777 14,083,431 13,961,383
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 5,811,132 5,968,803 6,401,612 6,685,817 6,951,987 7,207,157 7,450,301
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 2,449,392 2,706,852 2,880,565 3,190,671 3,399,477 3,619,397 3,851,271
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 1,096,218 1,190,392 1,512,793 1,651,149 1,809,317 1,661,848 1,716,855
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 322,503 435,469 505,414 520,577 536,194 552,280 568,848
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 230,673 15,449 1,261,142 65,000 565,000 715,000 565,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 109,159 105,507 111,436 112,551 113,676 114,813 115,961
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 10,019,077 10,422,472 12,672,962 12,225,765 13,375,651 13,870,495 14,268,236
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 45,755 45,000 507,984 4,000,000 45,000 45,000 45,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 0 17,197 21,244 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 45,755 62,197 529,228 4,010,000 55,000 55,000 55,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 10,064,832 10,484,669 13,202,190 16,235,765 13,430,651 13,925,495 14,323,236
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.

 952,000 1,576,714 (324,446) (2,931,645) 327,126 157,936 (361,853)
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.

 6,807,958 7,759,958 9,336,672 9,012,226 6,080,581 6,407,707 6,565,643
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.

 7,759,958 9,336,672 9,012,226 6,080,581 6,407,707 6,565,643 6,203,790
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 12,457 21,187 13,701 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
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.

 7,747,501 9,315,485 8,998,525 6,045,581 6,372,707 6,530,643 6,168,790
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.

 7,747,501 9,315,485 8,998,525 6,045,581 6,372,707 6,530,643 6,168,790
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.

 7,747,501 9,315,485 8,998,525 6,045,581 6,372,707 6,530,643 6,168,790

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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.

South Central Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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