Italy Signs FMOF 2026/2027 Agreement for School Funding and Staff Bonuses
- On September 22, 2026, the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit concluded negotiations for the distribution of the Fondo per il Miglioramento dell'Offerta Formativa, signing a preliminary collective...
- The financial package maintains specific allowances for school personnel working in small islands, measures to protect teaching continuity in disadvantaged areas, and extra compensation for primary-cycle technical assistants...
- A major structural update in the 2026/2027 text removes the previous restriction regarding the absorption between economic positions and specific tasks assigned to school collaboration staff, according to...
On September 22, 2026, the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit concluded negotiations for the distribution of the Fondo per il Miglioramento dell’Offerta Formativa, signing a preliminary collective bargaining agreement for the 2026/2027 school year, according to reports from Flc Cgil and Newsistruzione. The agreement secures a total financial framework of 847,360,000 euros to fund ancillary activities and staff compensation across public schools.
Financial framework and confirmed measures
The financial package maintains specific allowances for school personnel working in small islands, measures to protect teaching continuity in disadvantaged areas, and extra compensation for primary-cycle technical assistants serving across multiple institutions. The agreement also updates the variable portion of the fixed-rate allowance for substitutes of Directors of General and Administrative Services in alignment with the 2025–2027 national collective labor contract, as noted by Flc Cgil. These allocations are loaded onto the operational spending plans of individual schools, where they are authorized by the administrative director to cover supplementary duties.
New provisions for ATA personnel and school bargaining
A major structural update in the 2026/2027 text removes the previous restriction regarding the absorption between economic positions and specific tasks assigned to school collaboration staff, according to Newsistruzione. Furthermore, the text explicitly cites article 88, paragraph 2, of the 2006/2009 collective contract. This reference directs school integration bargaining units to allocate dedicated funds to compensate teachers who undertake organizational and didactic flexibility duties.
Timeline and union demands for administrative staff
The Ministry of Education and Merit plans to notify individual institutions of their precise resource allocations by the end of September 2026, enabling schools to launch their internal supplementary bargaining sessions promptly, as reported by both news outlets. Alongside the main agreement, parties signed a joint protocol proposed by Flc Cgil. This protocol commits the administration to accelerate the review of savings generated by school sizing processes, with the stated goal of funneling those specific economies into higher allowances for EQ function officials who serve as administrative directors.
