Forecast Submissions of Traditional and Joint Vocational Districts

The forecast serves as a tool to communicate and assess the financial health of a school district. City, local, exempted village and joint vocational school districts are required to submit forecasts twice annually to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (see Ohio Revised Code 5705.391 and Ohio Administrative Code 3301-92-04) and may elect to submit additional updates at any time.

Each forecast contains two components: 1) historical and projected financial data and 2) notes to explain any significant changes or “assumptions” a district used to develop the reported financial projections. For more detailed information about forecast content, please visit the “How to Read a Forecast” webpage.

For questions regarding any of the information provided here, please email FiscalOversight@education.ohio.gov.

Forecast Part 1: Financial Data

  • Current and Historical Forecasts by school district, by submission period. Individual forecast data files can be downloaded through this report portal.
  • Bulk data files of all forecast submissions received in each submission window back to 2008.
    • New bulk files are generally available within three business days of the closing of each submission window.
    • If a district submitted more than one time within the window, only the most recent forecast data is provided.
    • If a missing forecast was subsequently submitted in the next optional window, the district’s data can be downloaded individually through the forecast report portal link provided above.  

Forecast Part 2: Notes and Assumptions

Forecast Analytics

  • Cash Balance Reports by fiscal year provide the ending cash balance, total expenditures and cash as a percentage of expenditures for each reported district.

Last Modified: 8/29/2025 2:23:45 PM