The book bonus is postponed to 2027: the measure postponed by the school decree

MILAN – The book bonus established in the last budget with an allocation of 20 million euros per year for the provision of contributions to be allocated to families with ISEE under 30 thousand has been postponed to 2027. The measure - based on a paragraph of article 4 of the school decree - is postponed to 2027 with an endowment of 20 million but with the extension of the amount to 40 thousand euros of ISEE. The bonus is intended for families with children in the first classes of lower secondary school and first and third grades of upper secondary school. The resources that had been allocated for the measure for 2026 are re-allocated to the Municipalities fund for the free provision of books as part of the subsidized social benefits.

"We were right: the Meloni government, after having flaunted the book bonus introduced with the 2026 Budget Law, dismantles it with the school decree", declares the Dem secretary of Tuscany and PD deputy Emiliano Fossi. "The measure just approved by the Council of Ministers - he adds - in fact removes the 20 million expected for 2026 intended for families with up to 30 thousand euros of ISEE. They were already completely insufficient resources, and now the families, who have already started and paid for the school year, are left without even that. Everything is postponed, perhaps, to the next school year". "Once again it is the (poor) middle class that is being deceived, those who struggle to make ends meet, dealing with exponentially growing inflation and with expenses that reach around 1,300 euros per student for books, kit and stationery. The politics of the right-wing adverts is shameless: they now believe they can do and undo everything at the expense of the citizens", he concludes.