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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | May 29, 1848 |
| Jurisdiction | Wisconsin |
| Headquarters | 101 E. Wilson Street, 2nd Floor, Madison, Wisconsin 53703 |
| Employees | 9.5 |
| Annual budget | $1,584,000 (2021-23) |
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| Parent agency | Department of Administration |
| Website | http://bcpl.wisconsin.gov/ |
The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, otherwise known as BCPL, is a state agency responsible for investing Wisconsin's school trust funds in support of public education, for managing the state's remaining school trust lands, and for maintaining an extensive archive of land records. The board was established by Article X, Sections 7 and 8 of the Wisconsin Constitution, ratified in 1848, making it Wisconsin's oldest extant state agency.[2][3]
- ^ "Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Contact". Bcpl.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ Wisconsin Constitution, art. X, secs. 7–8. Blue Book, 1853, pp. 29. Wisconsin Constitution Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Dec. 2009.
- ^ "Article X". Wisconsin Legislature. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.