At a glance
Trust integrity: Intact and funded (methodology)- Enabling Act
- Republic-of-Texas annexation (1845); no federal school-land grant (state-derived state)
- Trust fund value
- $55 billion (as of 2024 (approx., Permanent School Fund))
- AG opinions on file
- None on file
- Key cases
- 0
- Advocacy contact
- pending
Why this state matters
Texas is a state-derived state: it retained its public lands at annexation and created the Permanent School Fund (1854) from its own land base. The PSF is the largest education endowment in the United States.
Notable AG opinions
No Attorney General opinions for Texas have been placed on file here yet. They are added as they are located and read.
Sources: Margaret Bird, Trust Land Case Quotes by Topic (2021); the OASTL legal record; ASTL thematic research.
