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3 of the 10 school districts based in Wayne County forecast running short by FY2030

Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Filed July–August 2026

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 their own forecasts, 3 go below zero by FY2030 if their current levies are renewed and no new one passes, and 1 have already written in a new levy voters have not approved.

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FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026

Wayne County · the 10 school districts based here, added together

Cash, June 30, 2026
$94.4M

5.4 months of that year’s spending for them together; the typical one held 4.6 months

Runs short
3 of 10

districts by FY2030, if their levies are renewed and no new one passes

New levy in the forecast
1

district counts one voters have not approved

Forecasts that count a new levy in Wayne County

1 school district have written money from a new levy into this forecast, on the state’s lines for a new income tax (13.010) or property tax (13.020). Voters have not approved it. The unreserved balance counts it as if they had; the balance before it does not.

District New levy New-levy money in FY2030 Cash, June 30 FY2026 Months of spending FY2030 without it 12.010 FY2030 with it 15.010
Orrville City Income, from FY2027 $2.9M $7.6M 4.4 −$6.6M $994.9K

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Most cash first until a heading is sorted, measured in months of FY2026’s spending (line 4.500), so a large district and a small one can be compared. A forecast only shows a levy its district chose to write in; a levy on a ballot can be missing from it, and one written in may never reach a ballot. What is on the November 3 ballot →

Districts based in Wayne County

District Cash, June 30 FY2026 Months of spending FY2030 before new levies 12.010 Below zero from New levy
Chippewa Local $7.0M 4.8 $3.3M — —
Dalton Local $7.0M 6.9 $3.9M — —
Green Local $5.9M 5.7 $1.7M — —
Northwestern Local $6.3M 4.0 $282.4K — —
Norwayne Local $6.9M 5.3 $2.6M — —
Orrville City $7.6M 4.4 −$6.6M FY2029 Income
Rittman Exempted Village $2.8M 2.6 $3.3M — —
Triway Local $3.8M 1.9 −$2.1M FY2030 —
Waynedale Local $5.0M 4.1 $9.7M — —
Wooster City $42.1M 8.5 −$10.3K FY2030 —
Wayne County Jvsdcareer center, in no total $14.9M 11.0 $11.5M — —

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“Below zero” is the balance with renewals counted and new levies not (line 12.010) — the year a district’s own forecast says it runs short unless something new is approved or spending changes.

Wayne County’s total: 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. 94,380,609 85,039,686 7,502,586
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 2,140,678 − 2,645,388 − 2,060,000
09.080 Set asideReserves the law or the board require, such as a budget reserve. − 1,250,000 − 1,250,000 − 1,250,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 90,989,931 81,144,298 4,192,586
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 228,200 + 11,925,648
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 90,989,931 81,372,498 16,118,234
13.030 New leviesLevies the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on. + 0 + 151,670 + 7,604,085
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 90,989,931 81,524,168 23,722,319

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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.

Wayne County’s forecast: its 10 districts added together, line by line

Each line added up across the districts, as they filed them with the state. 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.

 90,089,706 97,497,733 103,344,018 94,400,561 95,855,732 96,386,176 97,796,884
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 9,102,602 13,996,234 12,131,414 10,458,372 11,786,995 11,923,552 12,017,738
01.030 Income Tax

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

 9,816,593 10,406,222 11,157,071 11,554,466 11,471,009 8,561,832 6,657,386
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 69,190,126 67,693,845 67,701,588 67,565,950 67,934,309 68,306,496 68,432,464
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 5,871,579 5,942,331 4,864,664 4,605,683 4,315,150 4,101,721 3,992,116
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.

 10,782,508 11,120,848 9,490,484 14,077,644 11,280,511 11,279,167 11,603,483
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 12,029,116 11,521,815 11,141,839 9,984,615 9,658,018 9,211,215 9,051,182
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 206,882,232 218,179,026 219,831,085 212,647,291 212,301,723 209,770,159 209,551,253
02.010 Proceeds From Sale of Notes

Short-term borrowing (notes) brought into the general fund.

 0 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0 0 0
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 2,277,770 714,365 7,027,632 500,000 800,000 1,250,000 1,600,000
02.050 Advances-In

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

 2,431,887 377,747 293,009 308,347 250,000 250,000 250,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 215,434 103,718 23,221,569 62,943 67,943 67,943 67,943
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 4,925,091 3,195,830 32,542,210 871,290 1,117,943 1,567,943 1,917,943
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 211,807,324 221,374,857 252,373,293 213,518,581 213,419,665 211,338,102 211,469,197
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 102,837,744 109,291,222 111,376,089 113,290,810 116,804,237 120,592,652 124,342,176
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 47,608,046 50,568,711 54,106,503 55,719,182 58,081,104 61,086,852 64,206,908
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 26,645,640 28,172,264 29,790,959 31,323,653 32,161,600 32,926,237 33,822,157
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 7,135,668 8,106,180 6,742,885 7,303,067 7,121,521 7,497,472 7,786,199
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 2,267,774 2,647,184 1,438,623 1,607,240 1,855,365 1,711,237 1,367,301
04.010 All Principal (Historical)

Borrowed money repaid in past years.

 0 660,000 190,000 0 0 0 0
04.020 Principal-Notes

Repaying short-term notes.

 0 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0 0 0
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

 0 339,738 531,174 0 0 0 0
04.300 Other Objects

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

 2,582,263 2,868,876 2,841,202 3,032,791 3,114,509 3,155,079 3,237,571
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 189,077,134 204,654,175 209,017,432 212,276,743 219,138,336 226,969,528 234,762,313
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 12,217,491 74,185,493 15,386,238 10,257,759 10,320,663 10,557,476 11,040,751
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 377,747 295,257 512,467 325,000 325,000 325,000 325,000
05.030 All Other Financing Uses

Other one-off money going out.

 252,978 0 0 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.

 12,848,216 74,480,750 15,898,705 10,582,759 10,645,663 10,882,476 11,365,751
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 201,925,350 279,134,925 224,916,137 222,859,502 229,783,998 237,852,004 246,128,065
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.

 9,881,973 (57,760,067) 27,457,155 (9,340,921) (16,364,333) (26,513,902) (34,658,868)
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.

 114,801,548 124,683,520 66,923,453 94,380,609 85,039,686 68,675,355 42,161,450
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.

 124,683,520 66,923,453 94,380,609 85,039,686 68,675,355 42,161,450 7,502,586
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 1,930,793 2,007,483 2,140,678 2,645,388 2,060,000 2,060,000 2,060,000
09.030 Budget Reserve

A rainy-day reserve.

 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000
09.080 Subtotal

All of the money set aside, lines 9.010 to 9.070, added together.

 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000
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.

 121,502,727 63,665,970 90,989,931 81,144,298 65,365,355 38,851,450 4,192,586
11.010 Income Tax - Renewal

An existing income tax the district expects voters to renew. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 460,857 3,757,071 6,110,320
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 0 228,200 456,400 456,400 456,400
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 228,200 1,145,457 5,358,927 11,925,648
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.

 121,502,727 63,665,970 90,989,931 81,372,498 66,510,812 44,210,378 16,118,234
13.010 Income Tax - New

A new income tax the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 151,670 1,809,762 2,732,638 2,910,015
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 0 151,670 1,961,432 4,694,070 7,604,085
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.

 121,502,727 63,665,970 90,989,931 81,524,168 68,472,244 48,904,448 23,722,319
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 422 412 399 438 424 396 403
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 5,362 5,279 5,238 5,113 5,088 5,062 4,991

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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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From the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s bulk forecast files — the filings its Forecast Submissions report shows one district at a time, to the dollar. A county’s figures are the traditional districts the state files under it, added together; Ohio’s are all of them. Each district writes its own forecast, and nothing here is estimated. The 49 career centers file their own forecasts and are listed under their home county, but are in no total: each serves several counties.