“The right to opt for integrated digital teaching, granted to pupils whose families expressly request to adopt it instead of face-to-face activity, constitutes a reasonable measure of exercising the power of derogation by the Puglia Region”.
With this motivation, the TAR of Bari considered legitimate the order of the governor Michele Emiliano who, until the end of the school year, left parents free to choose whether to choose integrated teaching or attendance in the classroom. The judges who rejected the appeal presented by two associations and some parents explain that “the integrated digital teaching device, in the given situation, appears to be a measure capable of guaranteeing the balance between rights of equal constitutional importance, that of protecting health and to education “.
The President Emiliano expresses satisfaction with the sentence of the Administrative Court, saying: “In this way, a certainly complicated school year ends, painfully faced by families and the Apulian school with great attention and determination. In particular by teachers who also had to ensure distance teaching at the same time as face-to-face teaching. I thank them again for this sacrifice ”.
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