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Office of School Trust Lands

Active dates:2012 -
Authority:
2012 Minn. Laws Chap. 249
Minn. Stat. 127A.353
Function:

This office advises the governor, Executive Council, commissioner of natural resources, and the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission on the management of school trust lands, and proposes legislative changes to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission that will improve asset allocation of school trust lands.

History:

This office was established by the legislature in 2012 in conjunction with the reorganization of the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission, to which this office reports.
Advisory to:
Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission
Agency heads:

Duties of the School Trust Lands Director are outlined in Minn. Stat. 127A.353, subd. 4.

Director: Aaron Vande Linde (appointed in 2015)
Internet resource:
Office of School Trust Lands
School Trust Lands, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Documents/Articles:
Minnesota nears deal to sell 80,000 acres of Boundary Waters land to Forest Service. Star Tribune, 11/24/2025.
Mark Dayton names School Trust Lands director. St. Paul Pioneer Press, 9/9/2015.
Schools ask governor to appoint school lands trust director - soon. Session Daily, 1/20/2015.
Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs bill to encourage more school revenue from forest trust. Duluth News Tribune, 4/30/2012.
News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 2014-2015.
Record last updated: 06/23/2023
 

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