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Whitehall City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Whitehall City – 045070 (Franklin) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/23/2026

Whitehall 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, Whitehall 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
$17.2M

3.8 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

Whitehall City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Whitehall 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.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Franklin County →

Whitehall 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. 17,189,411 16,896,042 1,460,231
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 1,087,545 − 500,000 − 500,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 16,101,866 16,396,042 960,231
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 16,101,866 16,396,042 960,231
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 16,101,866 16,396,042 960,231

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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.

Whitehall City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Whitehall 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.

 8,595,112 8,825,134 9,010,262 8,856,609 9,040,855 9,120,606 9,133,588
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 1,074,864 1,017,198 1,119,405 1,081,380 1,087,690 1,138,770 1,189,850
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 25,193,151 29,047,601 32,570,575 34,203,203 36,751,710 36,755,289 36,758,922
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 5,024,426 5,653,182 5,751,556 5,548,989 5,400,619 5,400,619 5,400,619
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.

 752,955 760,099 809,772 778,693 797,701 808,098 808,303
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 4,522,934 6,523,466 7,761,729 7,926,465 7,152,579 7,046,550 6,949,891
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 45,163,442 51,826,680 57,023,299 58,395,338 60,231,154 60,269,931 60,241,173
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 442,372 13,739 32,968 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 442,372 13,739 32,968 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 45,605,814 51,840,419 57,056,267 58,415,338 60,251,154 60,289,931 60,261,173
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 21,057,299 22,411,878 28,625,918 33,077,915 35,459,350 37,316,056 39,269,993
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 8,476,932 9,192,758 10,648,189 12,641,808 13,898,221 15,002,400 16,191,906
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 6,258,746 7,645,535 8,798,806 9,523,136 9,597,670 9,920,886 10,255,563
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 1,161,979 1,519,900 1,884,967 1,941,516 1,999,762 2,059,754 2,121,546
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 347,941 803,761 3,545,873 630,000 150,000 125,000 125,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 313,569 318,419 411,424 421,332 431,489 441,900 452,574
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 37,616,466 41,892,251 53,915,177 58,235,707 61,536,492 64,865,996 68,416,582
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 598,000 673,000 20,473,000 473,000 473,000 473,000 473,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 598,000 673,000 20,473,000 473,000 473,000 473,000 473,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 38,214,466 42,565,251 74,388,177 58,708,707 62,009,492 65,338,996 68,889,582
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.

 7,391,348 9,275,168 (17,331,910) (293,369) (1,758,338) (5,049,064) (8,628,409)
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.

 17,854,805 25,246,153 34,521,321 17,189,411 16,896,042 15,137,704 10,088,640
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.

 25,246,153 34,521,321 17,189,411 16,896,042 15,137,704 10,088,640 1,460,231
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 49,444 4,011,867 1,087,545 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
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.

 25,196,709 30,509,454 16,101,866 16,396,042 14,637,704 9,588,640 960,231
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.

 25,196,709 30,509,454 16,101,866 16,396,042 14,637,704 9,588,640 960,231
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.

 25,196,709 30,509,454 16,101,866 16,396,042 14,637,704 9,588,640 960,231
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 234 262 243 261 258 260 265
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 2,810 2,936 3,056 2,996 3,021 3,010 2,989

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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.

Whitehall City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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