Catholic school, the Church attacks the government immediately cancel the cuts
Undersecretary Vegas: "The funds will be restored with an amendment"
But deciding how to allocate the money will be the Ministry of Education
The Minister Giulio Tremonti
CITY 'OF THE VATICAN - No events have served, sit-ins, or lessons outside. And 'enough threat to the mobilization of Catholic schools to change their mind the government in a few hours. Matching funds for schools "are restored," he assured the Economy Undersecretary Giuseppe Vegas on the sidelines of the Senate Budget Committee on Financial. "There is a rapporteur's amendment that restores - say Vegas - the original level, ie 120 million euros. Can rest easy, sleep on four pillows. Despite the reassurances, the Pope has made its voice heard "assistance for religious education of children - said Benedict XVI - is an inalienable right."
The ball, however, is bounced to the Ministry of Education: the 120 million incoming funds for the school department will be led by Mariastella Gelmini, together with those of Economy and Regional Affairs, later to assess within 30 days entry into force of the Finance Act, the amount to be allocated to private schools. The amendments establish two different speakers of the Finance Bill and the budget approved today by the Senate Budget Committee. The amendment by Senator Saia (PDL) to the budget bill allocates 120 million for 2009 to schooling. The proposal of Senator Pichetto Fratin (PDL) instead provides that "while respecting the prerogatives of regional school education, by decree of the Minister of Education in consultation with the Minister of Regional Affairs and Economy Minister, after consulting State-Regions Conference, are set within 30 days from the date of entry into force of this Act, the criteria for distribution to areas of the financial resources needed for the implementation of measures related to program interventions in education. "
From Pd, Maria Pia Garavaglia seeks clarification on the government, "the proclamation of the restoration of funds for the peer is only a signal, but, as the government knows, the whole number and 'far from being restored and missing all' many still call the millions that the previous government had allocated to the schools equal. " "The key issue - and 'the end of Garavaglia - should be to ensure equal rights for students and families. Instead, the Government confirms nothing but to look to education as a cost to contain ".
According to Senator Antonio Rusconi Pd, are missing still 14 million for the peer. "All this will inevitably penalize not only the Catholic schools but also the citizens and families of the preschools that are seen in difficulty and are forced to use the portfolios for the inevitable increase in fees. As always, many reassurances, many promises and little results. "
Positive that the government has accepted the demands of the IEC, said the group leader in the House of Italy of Values Massimo Donadi, "but these should do the same for those coming from the equally legitimate public schools and research."
Harder Paolo Ferrero, Secretary of PRC: "While the government has ignored, if not repressed, demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of young students, researchers and teachers of public schools by refusing to change its measures massacred school and university that cut money and resources it took was a mere threat of mobilization by the private Catholic schools to change their minds in government and within a few hours. In short, the Vatican and whistles Tremonti and obey the government. We are a farce, if we had the tragedy on the school, "he said.
Against the original cut of around 130 million euros had thundered Stench morning Monsignor Bruno, director of the National Office of the IEC for Education, announcing that "the associations of Catholic schools across the country will mobilize" against the planned cuts by Berlusconi government.
'This is not refund - had complained of stench - at this point has opened a crisis much deeper and federations of Catholic schools will soon be mobilized throughout the country. "Here - said again - we want the state school and business school, the state and the market but not the private social represent us and that makes the school not to private interest, but public interests."
"In 2000 - still had explained Stench - the law on equal education has made a contribution of 530 million euros for the whole system of peer schools, while spending on state schools is 50 billion. The contribution dello'1% percent, so it is already ridiculous. " "In 2004 - he continued - for three consecutive years Tremonti has cut 154 million on 530 of the total, namely 33 percent. The Catholic school has been silent - he added - and we have recovered annually with amendments, with effort and delays. Now, however, the Minister repeated the same maneuver. "The Church now - he concluded - must pull its consequences for without the contributions preschools do not run and certainly likely to quit."
After the words of Vegas, the spokesman of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Don Domenico Pompili, nuanced tones of the controversy. "The Italian bishops - said - are also worried as shown recently by several voices in the Catholic world, the fate of non-state schools, however, while aware of the social and economic moment that the country is experiencing, we trust in the commitments that the Government has taken publicly.
But soon after comes the voice of the Pope. "The twenty-first century is showing ever more clearly the need to forge personal life, family and social life according to those essential values which exalt the person and the whole community, and these include "adoption of measures for parents to help them in their inalienable right to educate their children according to their ethical and religious convictions, as well as the promotion of youth," said Benedict XVI this morning, receiving the credentials of the new Ambassador of Argentina to the Holy See, Juan Pablo Cafiero.
(December 5, 2008)
Source: Republic
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