Modica Book Vouchers for Three School Years to Be Paid by End of 2026

On Wednesday 30 September, the mayor of Modica, Maria Monisteri Caschetto, announced that book vouchers covering three school years would be paid. The authorisation had arrived the day before, on Tuesday 29 September, when the Organo Straordinario di Liquidazione — the body handling the Comune di Modica's financial dissesto — approved deliberation number 44 and cleared the disbursement. Around 1,300 families are affected. The outlets giving the figure differ slightly: Ragusa H24 reports "circa 1.300", Radio RTM "oltre 1.300".

The measure closes a long-running file. Quotidiano di Ragusa records that for years the sums had remained frozen — "Per anni le somme sono rimaste ferme". Before the authorisation, checks ordered by the competent authorities and by the commissione straordinaria had to be concluded. Radio RTM reports that at the centre of that verification lay the management of the funds, and that at the end of those controls the Comune had already returned part of the money the Region had allocated for a specific purpose. Quotidiano di Ragusa quotes the mayor on the outcome: "Si chiude così una vicenda complicata."

The vouchers relate to the school years 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 — three consecutive years in which the money did not move. The authorisation covers all three, though the administrative work of releasing them is being handled year by year.

The mayor has framed the timeline with care rather than precision. According to Ragusa H24, she said that "tempi tecnici" would be needed to complete all the administrative procedures for the three school years, and that once that process was finished it would be the administration's task to communicate the payment dates: "Una volta completato l'iter, sarà nostra cura comunicare i tempi di pagamento...". The sentence continues beyond the available excerpt, which cuts off mid-word. Payments are therefore announced for the end of 2026 rather than fixed on a date.

All three published excerpts are truncated. They do not give the total value of the sums involved, nor do they say how individual families will be notified. What they establish is a calendar with one announced point at its far end — the close of 2026 — and roughly 1,300 households whose payment dates will be communicated only once the paperwork is complete.