Overview
- A new Lega amendment signed by Giorgia Latini removes the committee-approved ban for middle schools and requires prior informed parental consent with advance disclosure of themes and materials.
- The prohibition on sex and affective education remains for nursery and primary schools, subject to national guidelines already in force.
- The Ddl Valditara is in first-reading debate in the Chamber, with a vote expected later this week before the text proceeds to the Senate.
- Opposition parties and experts welcomed the partial reversal yet argue consent rules risk excluding students and curbing educational rights, while the Lega says the change provides clarity and blocks ideological content.
- ProVita & Famiglia delivered roughly 50,000 signatures backing consent requirements, as new research by Fondazione Una Nessuna Centomila and Milano-Bicocca finds Italy lags Europe and lacks structured training and national standards.