Moon v. State Board of Land Commissioners

Pursuant to I.C. §§ 58-140 and 57-803 the Land Board is diverting into its own bank account ten percent of the funds which are received from the sale and lease of school endowment assets, The Board says: “Not to worry, we use the money for Land Board expenses.” One hundred percent of those funds should be going to the Public School Fund. This action by the Land Board is an unconstitutional invasion of the Public School Fund and the majority’s determination of this extremely important issue judicially sanctions that invasion.

The Idaho Constitution requires the Public School Fund to remain…