Calabria – The Council approved the Regional plan for the right to study for the 2024-2025 school year, in implementation of Regional Law 27/85. The Plan has a total value of 4.5 million euros to be allocated to specialist assistance activities, teaching aids and equipment for the inclusion of disabled students; contributions on meal vouchers for the canteen service; expenses for residential services (boarding and semi-boarding schools), school transport, school activities in hospital, home education.
The total fund of 3,137,174.54 is allocated and disbursed directly by the Regional department responsible for the municipalities of the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone and Vibo Valentia, while 1,362,825.46 are assigned and paid to the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria which is responsible for the distribution in the Municipalities under its jurisdiction. The distribution of the fund is calculated 60% on the basis of the number of students residing in each Municipality of Calabria and 40% on the basis of the number of students with disabilities.
On the basis of the regional council resolution number 216 of 2023 approving the regional guidelines for the definition of the school sizingthe school network for the 2024-2025 school year will be composed of 172 comprehensive institutes, 98 secondary schools, 9 comprehensive institutes, 4 national boarding schools, 5 Provincial Centers for Adult Education. (CPIA).
The Plan will contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of the regional education system guaranteeing essential services and ensuring the right to study to all Calabrian students, especially the most disadvantaged and those who live in particularly fragile conditions.
Therefore, in order to promptly respond to the needs of the Municipalities to plan and organize services for access and attendance to education, in compliance with the times foreseen for the start of the school year, the Region has taken steps to speed up the approval times of the Plan, so that, already by next September, the resources can be assigned to each municipal administration.
