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Talawanda City forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Talawanda City – 046151 (Butler) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/18/2026

Talawanda 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, Talawanda City stays above zero through 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
$24.3M

6.9 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by 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

Talawanda City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Talawanda City 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 1 Talawanda City Schools tax issue — 0 passed and 1 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 0 of 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Butler County →

Talawanda 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 ActualFY2026 BudgetFY2027 ForecastFY2030
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 24,257,192 27,532,886 28,083,425
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 178,794 − 178,794 − 178,794
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 24,078,398 27,354,092 27,904,631
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 24,078,398 27,354,092 27,904,631
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 24,078,398 27,354,092 27,904,631

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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.

Talawanda City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Talawanda 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 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.

 17,259,328 19,600,589 19,495,878 15,716,338 18,378,963 18,477,699 19,218,935
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 2,203,281 3,371,256 2,758,657 2,859,204 2,909,569 2,958,297 2,992,447
01.030 Income Tax

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

 9,347,504 9,820,014 10,833,900 11,333,657 11,730,335 12,140,897 12,565,829
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 8,120,604 8,458,011 9,715,703 9,910,965 9,913,936 9,916,951 9,920,011
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 740,843 561,905 399,437 335,234 335,234 335,234 335,234
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.

 1,963,732 2,262,674 2,250,752 5,428,693 2,819,486 2,846,971 3,075,106
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 3,011,898 3,019,062 3,623,366 3,421,069 3,216,474 3,112,240 3,226,360
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 42,647,190 47,093,511 49,077,693 49,005,160 49,303,997 49,788,289 51,333,922
02.050 Advances-In

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

 41,044 13,124 232,256 0 75,000 75,000 75,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 162,537 314,396 43,236 173,389 176,964 130,789 160,381
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 203,581 327,520 275,492 173,389 251,964 205,789 235,381
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 42,850,771 47,421,031 49,353,185 49,178,549 49,555,961 49,994,078 51,569,303
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 20,269,919 21,661,517 22,727,042 23,613,676 24,535,476 25,493,845 26,490,240
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 7,687,241 8,042,564 8,777,993 9,750,712 10,477,423 11,254,790 12,098,828
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 7,249,993 8,396,449 9,018,154 9,361,396 9,684,191 9,976,745 10,278,470
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 771,161 728,553 668,324 767,514 797,414 828,526 860,904
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 776,422 390,698 30,261 132,090 145,675 194,024 199,927
04.300 Other Objects

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

 982,577 1,052,135 1,061,255 1,109,839 1,160,363 1,213,688 1,269,175
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 37,737,313 40,271,916 42,283,029 44,735,227 46,800,542 48,961,618 51,197,544
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 13,366,086 1,320,123 1,092,628 1,491,955 772,997 1,119,147
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 13,124 232,256 0 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 13,124 13,598,342 1,320,123 1,167,628 1,566,955 847,997 1,194,147
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 37,750,437 53,870,258 43,603,152 45,902,855 48,367,497 49,809,615 52,391,691
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.

 5,100,334 (6,449,227) 5,750,033 3,275,694 1,188,464 184,463 (822,388)
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.

 19,856,052 24,956,386 18,507,159 24,257,192 27,532,886 28,721,350 28,905,813
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.

 24,956,386 18,507,159 24,257,192 27,532,886 28,721,350 28,905,813 28,083,425
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 156,984 292,927 178,794 178,794 178,794 178,794 178,794
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.

 24,799,402 18,214,232 24,078,398 27,354,092 28,542,556 28,727,019 27,904,631
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.

 24,799,402 18,214,232 24,078,398 27,354,092 28,542,556 28,727,019 27,904,631
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.

 24,799,402 18,214,232 24,078,398 27,354,092 28,542,556 28,727,019 27,904,631

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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.

Talawanda City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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