Overview
- The new Lega amendment withdraws the earlier prohibition for lower secondary schools and allows programs only with prior informed parental approval.
- Parents must be informed in advance about topics, materials and speakers, and only students with family consent may attend.
- The ban remains for preschool and primary grades, with references to existing national guidelines unchanged.
- Opposition parties and researchers warn the consent regime limits access and widens inequalities, while supporters say it safeguards parental authority; ProVita & Famiglia submitted about 50,000 signatures in favor.
- Debate in the Chamber turned confrontational, with Minister Giuseppe Valditara rejecting claims the bill blocks sex‑ or affective‑education, and the measure must still clear the Senate.