The teacher’s card is finally accessible again: from today 19 November 2025 at 12.00 teachers will be able to use the residues of the 2024/25 bonus and the amounts deriving from favorable sentences. The announcement, published on the official portal, clarifies that the new vouchers relating to the 2025/26 school year will instead only be available from January 2026, in application of the provisions introduced by the recent Legislative Decree no. 127/2025.
Who can still use the residues and who will get the new bonus
Tenured teachers, teachers with a contract as of 31 August 2025 who had received the 500 euros in June and beneficiaries of sentences, who have an additional year to use the credit, will be able to access the unspent funds for 2024/25. For the 2025/26 bonus, the audience will include permanent teachers, including newly appointed teachers, teachers on command or secondment, staff from schools abroad and military schools, and teachers with contracts until 31 August or 30 June 2026, even part-time. Access has also been confirmed for educational staff and teachers who have received recognition through appeals.
Tensions, delays and fears among teachers
The postponement of the activation and the uncertainty about the amount have generated strong discontent. The Teacher’s Charter, created as a concrete support for professional development, has become a source of frustration: many teachers, already penalized by low salaries, continue to advance the expenses for books, courses, digital devices and teaching materials out of their own pockets.
Recent rumors about a possible reduction of the 500 euro bonus and about a more rigid selection of beneficiaries from 2026 have fueled further concerns, despite the ruling of the Constitutional Court n. 121/2025, which reiterated the principle of equal treatment between permanent staff and substitutes.
The unions denounce a postponement deemed “harmful” towards teachers. The Teachers’ Guild highlights how the delay makes the bonus “not very spendable”, considering that the school year starts in September, while Anief asks for guarantees that the extension to temporary workers does not lead to a decrease in the amount. In the meantime, petitions are growing on social media and in school communities, with thousands of signatures.
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