Win a $1000 School LAND Trust Bonus for Your School
Now through April 30, submit a photo on Instagram or via email showing how your school is using its School LAND Trust Funds and your school could win a $1000 fund bonus. The School Children’s Trust Office at the Utah Office of Education and the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) are co-sponsoring the #SITLAfunds15 Instagram […]
June 3 Land Auction: 2,375 Acres of School Trust Land
The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) will sell six parcels of school trust land at its biannual public auction at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 3 in the SITLA Office at 675 East 500 South, Suite 600 in Salt Lake City. Bryce Creek parcels A, B, and C are approximately 80 acres each and […]
Proud to Support Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) has been serving students with sensory impairments throughout Utah for more than 100 years. USDB is one of 11 trust land beneficiaries. Since 1994, SITLA has generated $18.8 million to support the schools, which provide educational programs whereby each student can progress toward his or […]
1994-2014: $44.5 Million for Miners Hospital and its Patients
Miners Hospital at the University of Utah Hospital is one of 12 SITLA beneficiaries. Since 1994, SITLA has generated $44.5 million for the hospital and its patients. Read more about the history of Miners Hospital: “Beginning in the late 1860’s the Park City Mining District attracted hundreds of laborers to work the mines. With them […]
SITLA Land Transfers, Exchanges: $440M and 508K Acres Protected
On behalf of public schools, state hospitals and universities, the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) has worked on and continues to collaborate on land transfers, exchanges, and other transactions with the federal government to protect state trust land holdings. Collectively, these land transactions have generated approximately $441.73 million for SITLA beneficiaries as […]
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, […]
SITLA Quarterly Lease Offering Generates $1.06M for Beneficiaries
The SITLA Oil and Gas, and Minerals groups held their quarterly lease offerings in January, generating more than $1.06 million for beneficiaries. The January lease offering generated more than $1 million in bonus bids, largely in oil and gas within Duchesne County. The offering also resulted in leases on a 640-acre mining parcel in San […]