Utah schools receive record $64M in trust land funding

Public schools got a lot more help than usual this year from the Permanent State School Fund, a more than $2.3 billion portfolio supported by trust lands. At a Wednesday morning event, State Superintendent Sydnee Dickson and Utah State Treasurer David Damschen announced an award of $64.25 million for the 2017-2018 school year, the largest distribution from the fund in state history.“Every dollar we earn through prudent investment of the Permanent State School Fund is a dollar in schoo