Overview
- The federal government used its official X account to state that Bolsa Família requires enrolled minors to maintain school attendance as a condition for payment.
- Coverage reiterated the thresholds: at least 60% attendance for children aged 4–5 and 75% for students 6–18, with benefits subject to suspension when criteria are not met.
- The government message highlighted the Pé-de-Meia stipend for high school students as an incentive to remain in school.
- During the BBB 26 premiere, Solange Couto described witnessing a figure of authority tell a 13-year-old that benefits made having children preferable to studying, prompting widespread online pushback and misinformation claims.
- Solange’s agent said her account was taken out of context and her daughter denied any partisan alignment, while contestant Sol Vega questioned the veracity of the story inside the house.