The Region has allocated 6 million and 751 thousand euros   in favor of individual and associated Sardinian Municipalities , to support them in financing school transport .

«We invest to guarantee the right to study of our young people with important funding for public transport to the Municipalities that have requested it. We have satisfied all the requests received by the offices». So the Councilor for Public Education , Andrea Biancareddu , regarding the Plan of contributions to Local Authorities for the management of the public transport service reserved for students.

"This - he underlines again - taking into account the persistence of the current socio-economic situation which, among other things, records a generalized increase in the costs of raw materials, and in particular in the cost of fuel , with increased difficulties in organizing the school transport".

Only municipalities in which there is no state or non-state equal kindergarten and primary school or lower secondary school could submit the application . Three Local Authorities, the Municipality of Martis , the Municipality of Tempio Pausania and that of Villamassargia presented the application late , but the reasons, due to failure of the information systems, were considered valid and suitable for admissibility.

There are 150 institutions that will benefit from the contributions , of which 141 Municipalities (of which 12 associated with each other) and 9 Unions of Municipalities.

(Unioneonline/vf)