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School Trusts - CLASS ResearchIn the realm of supporting effective and responsible oversight by the various beneficiaries of the granted trusts, CLASS has undertaken research projects each year to support the work of parents, educators and policy makers in their respective states. The research began with compiling very basic information by state such as the current acreage of trust land holdings, balances in the associated permanent funds and annual distributions to schools from the trusts. Because the nature of the trusts is so similar, yet different from state to state, CLASS has researched the granting documents and extrapolated relevant information for beneficiaries. Conference presentations have informed participants how and why each grant is similar and different.
Many school trusts have not yet received all the land promised to them at statehood. To support the work of land managers and beneficiaries, in 2003-2004, CLASS researched the acreage by state still promised to the school children as well as the processes and hurdles that must be completed to make the trusts whole. CLASS has recently researched land management and permanent fund investments for 2010 in twenty CLASS states. A report was compiled for each state and they are found on the state pages of this website under the STATES tab. Comparative data that was collected has been compiled into charts that display specific pieces of data for all twenty states on the same chart. Those comparison charts can be found by selecting Comparisons in the left hand column of this page. |
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