A reported 250,000 substitute
teachers will be working this year to fill vacant spots in
Italy's schools but, as the school year is set to start in less
than 15 days, 519 new school principals could be left without a
job after Lazio's regional administrative court TAR suspended
their appointment after they won a national competition.
The education ministry will request the annulment of the
decision, according to well-informed sources, after publishing
the results of the public bid on August 9, with the objective of
assigning the vacant spots to the competition's winners on
September 1.
The suspension regarding the new school principals will remain
in place at least until September 5, when TAR is set to
reconvene for a decision.
Italy's school year will begin on different days depending on
the region, starting on September 5 in the autonomous province
of Bolzano.
The public selection of the new school principals, which was
completed at the beginning of July, was organized under a
measure passed by Parliament to end ongoing judicial appeals
against an ordinary public tender organized in 2017.
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