America’s School Trust Library
The institution
Living edition — corrected in public. Corrections ledger →
America's School Trust Library
Architectural plan view of the Counting House — a banking-hall interior with a teller counter, ledger desks behind it, and a small vault recess at the rear. Hand-drafted in oxidized navy ink on parchment.

Nebraska financial profile

2-Section Cohort (cohort 5) · State Land Board (ex officio)

Last reviewed 2026-05-01 · Read the state dossier

Permanent fund corpus

— Awaiting State Disclosure

The substrate doesn't yet have a verified corpus value for Nebraska. This is a known gap in the editorial workstream (B-025 hand-curation pass), not an indication that no fund exists.

Most recent distribution

— Awaiting State Disclosure

Federal grant acreage

2,730,951 acres Verified

Transparency status

Disclosure unknown

The state has a federal trust but neither corpus nor recent distribution is in the substrate yet. Awaiting state disclosure or future substrate work.

Governance form

Classification: State Land Board (ex officio)

Board of Educational Lands and Funds (BELF): a five-member constitutional board under Neb. Const. art. VII, § 6, implemented at Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-201. Since LB 1023 (1972) the members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature — four by district, one at large — replacing the earlier ex officio board of the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of Education. The Nebraska Investment Council (statutory) manages the Permanent School Fund corpus's investment program.

Nebraska Permanent School Fund growth over time, FY 2024 reporting.
Nebraska Permanent School Fund market value over time, invested by the Nebraska Investment Council. Source: Advocates for School Trust Lands , Nebraska Trust Lands Report (Tonia Day, FY 2024). Reproduced for the library by permission.