The service is restarting, with new rules and guaranteed funding. In Oristano, school transportation for students with disabilities is back in operation, having been suspended in recent months and become the subject of a heated political and media controversy.
The reactivation involves a fundamental change in structure: the service will no longer be managed by Plus nor will it be a local service, but will become municipal and reserved exclusively for children residing in Oristano. The solution is a resolution from the Personal and Citizenship Services Sector, which directly assigns the "Transport service for students with disabilities and accompaniment to extracurricular activities" to the Airone Sardegna Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus cooperative, based in the city. The total amount is €33,600 for eight months, financed with ministerial funds earmarked for municipalities to strengthen school transportation for students with disabilities.
The decision concludes a complex phase that erupted last September, following a mother's complaint in the pages of L'Unione Sarda and the subsequent case's arrival in the City Council, where the suspension was confirmed due to the Plus's inability to cover the costs for all 24 municipalities in the area.
"The commitment we made has been kept," confirms Social Services Councilor Carmen Murru. "The cooperative has already been identified, and now we will proceed to determine which children will be eligible for the service." The difference from the past is substantial: "Only residents of Oristano will be eligible," Murru clarifies, explaining that the rescheduling is tied to the new ministerial funding system. Before the interruption, there were four users, three of whom were from Oristano.
