What is the ‘Permanent School Fund Constitutional Amendment’ on the ballot?

Could a constitutional amendment hurt Minnesota's Permanent School Fund?

If approved by voters, the constitutional amendment would change the way schools receive funding from the Permanent School Fund, which was established the same year Minnesota became a state.

What is the ‘Permanent School Fund Constitutional Amendment’ on the ballot?

In a time when expenses, repairs and unfunded mandates are surpassing school funding, schools are looking to new sources of revenue, one of which is the Permanent School Fund Constitutional Amendment that voters will see on the ballot this fall.

Tiger Talk: What is Minnesota’s Permanent School Fund?

There is a chance you’ve never heard of the Permanent School Fund and maybe never would. Ballots for the Nov. 3 election will contain a question asking voters to decide if the state of Minnesota should change how it allocates the Permanent School Fund. So, what is Minnesota’s Permanent School Fund and why does it matter? The Permanent School Fund was established at Minnesota’s statehood in 1858 and dedicated public land to an endowment to perman…