Utah’s K-12 Trust Fund Now Tops $2B, Grows $1B in Less Than Five Years

It took 116 years to accrue the first billion dollars in Utah’s K-12 Permanent School Fund, but fewer than five years to generate the second billion. The Utah State Office of Education (USOE), along with State Treasurer Richard K. Ellis and School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), recognized the $2 billion milestone today. “Rapid […]

SITLA Joins Governor Herbert – Executive Order for Greater Sage-Grouse

SITLA Director Kevin Carter joined Governor Gary R. Herbert as he issued an executive order to help ensure a healthy sustainable population for the Greater Sage-Grouse. The executive order ensures Utah state agencies do their part to prevent an Endangered Species listing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is under court order to decide whether […]

SITLA Files Lawsuit to Protect School Trust Lands from Wild Horse Populations

The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior and Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) asking the BLM to comply with the federal Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act and remove wild horse populations from select school trust lands in Emery, Iron, and Beaver counties. […]

School LAND Trust Funds at Highland High School

SITLA Director Kevin Carter, Deputy Director Kim Christy, and School Children’s Trust Director Tim Donaldson had the pleasure of visiting Highland High School to learn about their Freshmen Success Program, which is funded with School LAND Trust Funds. Highland’s Freshmen Success Program gives academic and moral support to students entering the high school. Carter, Christy, […]

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