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Center-Right Revives €1,500 School Voucher for Paritarie in Italy’s Budget Negotiations

Opposition parties call the plan unconstitutional state aid for private schools.

Overview

  • Two amendments from Forza Italia’s Claudio Lotito and Noi Moderati’s Mariastella Gelmini propose €1,500 per child for families with ISEE below €30,000 who enroll children in paritarie.
  • The estimated fiscal cost is about €20 million, and the proposal is included in the ongoing budget debate without approval.
  • The measure reprises a plan withdrawn last year, when a similar proposal carried a higher ISEE threshold of €40,000.
  • Panorama reports the voucher would start in 2026, be means‑tested on a sliding scale by the Education Ministry, and be combinable with regional support up to €5,000 per family.
  • M5S and AVS leaders criticize the proposal as diverting resources from public schools and as contravening Article 33 of the Constitution.