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Sycamore Community City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Sycamore Community City – 044867 (Hamilton) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/26/2026

Sycamore Community 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, Sycamore Community 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
$36.1M

4.3 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

Sycamore Community City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Property tax, 6.95 mills

    New Schools

    Current expenses · Continuing · from 2026

    $243.25 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 6.95 mills ($6.95 for each $1,000) = $243.25

    For a home the county values at $400,000: $973 a year $500,000: $1,216.25 a year $600,000: $1,459.50 a year

    These are first-year figures. A levy approved now is charged at its full voted rate, with none of the state’s rollback credits; when the county next revalues homes, the state lowers its rate so that it collects the same dollars. Your home’s county value is on your tax bill.

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Sycamore Community 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. 36,056,954 30,179,206 5,116,229
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 844,144 − 844,144 − 844,144
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 35,212,810 29,335,062 4,272,085
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 35,212,810 29,335,062 4,272,085
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 35,212,810 29,335,062 4,272,085

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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.

Sycamore Community City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Sycamore Community 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.

 65,112,697 68,287,521 69,496,991 70,897,304 71,918,397 72,944,251 73,633,284
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 4,680,751 5,056,665 5,283,270 5,961,248 6,000,227 6,772,677 7,159,089
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 4,345,165 6,631,671 7,636,329 10,404,986 11,302,337 11,304,581 10,306,824
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 1,045,817 1,161,455 1,269,817 799,259 851,766 859,354 867,094
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.

 4,643,321 4,729,268 4,820,945 4,865,639 4,939,082 5,014,775 5,044,447
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 10,393,271 11,593,884 10,585,883 10,361,953 10,161,142 10,237,508 10,076,253
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 90,221,022 97,460,464 99,093,235 103,290,389 105,172,951 107,133,146 107,086,991
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 1,150,117 0 919,135 0 0 0 0
02.050 Advances-In

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

 107,394 53,358 0 1,500,000 3,623,753 2,545,349 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 16,250 135,060 1,049,133 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 1,273,761 188,418 1,968,268 1,650,000 3,773,753 2,695,349 150,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 91,494,783 97,648,882 101,061,503 104,940,389 108,946,704 109,828,495 107,236,991
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 54,117,428 56,890,413 60,503,542 62,488,923 65,275,937 67,792,551 70,402,791
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 19,280,731 20,549,967 22,415,883 24,311,596 25,042,952 26,502,972 28,140,377
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 9,087,111 9,135,264 11,183,464 12,040,354 11,526,774 11,898,840 12,284,721
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 3,291,335 3,566,585 4,366,046 4,309,555 4,460,389 4,616,503 4,778,081
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 225,620 194,004 135,068 174,000 174,000 174,000 174,000
04.010 All Principal (Historical)

Borrowed money repaid in past years.

 1,244,940 1,260,406 1,110,992 0 0 0 0
04.050 Principal-HB 264 Loans

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

 0 0 0 742,315 272,533 278,493 284,584
04.055 Principal - Other

Repaying other borrowing from the general fund.

 0 0 0 384,385 0 0 0
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 335,521 223,228 76,724 53,990 41,581 35,556 29,339
04.300 Other Objects

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

 1,194,561 1,361,369 1,486,419 1,518,019 1,548,919 1,580,746 1,613,528
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 88,777,247 93,181,236 101,278,138 106,023,137 108,343,085 112,879,661 117,707,421
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 11,096,169 3,735,000 6,244,999 4,795,000 3,675,000 4,235,000 4,235,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 5,177,111 0 2,545,349 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.

 16,273,280 3,735,000 8,790,348 4,795,000 3,675,000 4,235,000 4,235,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 105,050,527 96,916,236 110,068,486 110,818,137 112,018,085 117,114,661 121,942,421
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.

 (13,555,744) 732,646 (9,006,983) (5,877,748) (3,071,381) (7,286,166) (14,705,430)
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.

 57,887,035 44,331,291 45,063,937 36,056,954 30,179,206 27,107,825 19,821,659
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.

 44,331,291 45,063,937 36,056,954 30,179,206 27,107,825 19,821,659 5,116,229
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 0 703,122 844,144 844,144 844,144 844,144 844,144
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.

 44,331,291 44,360,815 35,212,810 29,335,062 26,263,681 18,977,515 4,272,085
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.

 44,331,291 44,360,815 35,212,810 29,335,062 26,263,681 18,977,515 4,272,085
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.

 44,331,291 44,360,815 35,212,810 29,335,062 26,263,681 18,977,515 4,272,085

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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.

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