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Youngstown City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Youngstown City – 045161 (Mahoning) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Youngstown 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, Youngstown 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
$24.5M

3.1 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

Youngstown City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Youngstown 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 2 Youngstown City Schools tax issues — 2 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 2 of 2.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Mahoning County →

Youngstown 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. 24,528,211 24,295,383 2,708,352
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 24,528,211 24,295,383 2,708,352
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 2,396,367
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 24,528,211 24,295,383 5,104,719
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 24,528,211 24,295,383 5,104,719

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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.

Youngstown City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Youngstown 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.

 19,967,121 20,775,762 20,335,797 20,731,880 21,127,526 21,318,524 19,715,113
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 5,613,660 5,808,708 6,002,294 6,442,393 6,765,595 6,838,189 6,450,411
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 56,488,343 53,768,602 55,007,623 53,559,645 53,341,878 53,103,970 52,843,127
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 8,077,017 8,291,274 7,283,301 7,367,179 7,446,817 7,588,578 7,759,142
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.

 3,146,597 3,036,918 2,975,364 2,992,180 3,011,561 3,037,021 2,735,700
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 1,656,985 2,027,641 2,079,254 2,067,768 1,858,972 1,779,138 1,715,375
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 94,949,723 93,708,906 93,683,632 93,161,045 93,552,349 93,665,420 91,218,868
02.050 Advances-In

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

 0 0 175,740 1,251,637 50,000 50,000 50,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 415,619 584,954 581,214 252,900 250,000 250,000 250,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 415,619 584,954 756,954 1,504,538 300,000 300,000 300,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 95,365,342 94,293,860 94,440,586 94,665,582 93,852,349 93,965,421 91,518,868
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 52,372,827 49,887,442 48,312,795 47,149,679 48,307,630 49,468,379 50,445,665
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 23,772,442 24,689,807 23,796,942 23,411,208 24,052,550 25,021,689 25,994,343
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 15,030,201 13,383,869 16,793,527 18,188,490 18,830,806 19,497,866 20,190,676
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 2,604,125 2,202,019 3,349,710 3,266,971 3,340,410 3,415,821 3,493,262
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 627,051 185,195 516,339 860,937 870,646 880,523 890,573
04.300 Other Objects

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

 1,144,065 1,167,994 1,117,820 1,288,401 1,314,593 1,341,357 1,368,705
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 95,550,709 91,516,327 93,887,133 94,165,685 96,716,635 99,625,635 102,383,224
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 751,319 365,915 746,276 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 0 175,740 1,251,637 32,725 32,725 32,725 32,725
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 751,319 541,655 1,997,913 732,725 732,725 732,725 732,725
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 96,302,028 92,057,982 95,885,047 94,898,410 97,449,360 100,358,360 103,115,949
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.

 (936,686) 2,235,878 (1,444,461) (232,828) (3,597,011) (6,392,940) (11,597,080)
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.

 24,673,480 23,736,793 25,972,671 24,528,211 24,295,383 20,698,372 14,305,432
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.

 23,736,793 25,972,671 24,528,211 24,295,383 20,698,372 14,305,432 2,708,352
09.045 Fiscal Stabilization

Money set aside to steady the budget over future years.

 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
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.

 23,736,793 25,972,671 24,528,211 24,295,383 20,698,372 14,305,432 2,708,352
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 2,396,367
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,396,367
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.

 23,736,793 25,972,671 24,528,211 24,295,383 20,698,372 14,305,432 5,104,719
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.

 23,736,793 25,972,671 24,528,211 24,295,383 20,698,372 14,305,432 5,104,719
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 886 831 836 294 296 299 274
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 3,548 3,491 3,379 3,921 3,880 3,773 3,694

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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.

Youngstown City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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