The Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) have set back-to-back records in funding Oklahoma education, delivering $156 million to K-12 schools and higher education in Fiscal Year 2025. The distribution tops last year’s total by 7.5 percent, setting another benchmark for the state agency charged with managing land and mineral assets to support classrooms.
“Strong investments, successful mineral auctions, and increased demand for land leases all played a role in these record results,” said CLO Secretary Dan Whitmarsh.
The CLO manages 726,000 acres of surface land and 1.1 million acres of mineral rights exclusively to generate education funding. Its revenue streams include leasing land for agriculture, recreation, and commercial use, as well as collecting royalties from oil and gas production.
