Gelmini Reform clarification

In my previous post, I wrote that the Gelmini Reform included a new rule about Italian language proficiency. In fact, this is just a government proposal, which has yet to pass. The Gelmini Reform itself, which officially passed yesterday, includes the following two main points:

1.) Reducing the number of teachers by 87,000 over three years
2.) Returning the Italian elementary schools to a "one teacher" system, which means that every student will have the same teacher for the entirety of his or her time in elementary school

The reform includes several other measures, but these are the two that seem to spark the most controversy.


Just wanted to clear that up.