The government enacts a law providing for up to two years in prison for a parent who fails to send his or her child to compulsory schooling without just cause. Thus, Article 731 of the Criminal Code, which provides only for a 30-euro fine for the offense of failure to comply with compulsory schooling by the adult who has authority or supervision over the child, is repealed. Now the offense will be punished, in addition to imprisonment for up to two years, with the suspension of any Inclusion Allowance until the child resumes regular school attendance. A decision, that of the government, which also seems to be a response to the European Union, after the latter through the funds of the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PNR) has guaranteed Italy more than 15 billion euros for schools alone, also asking for explanations for that 13 percent of early school dropouts that occur on average in the country, against the average 10 percent of all EU members.