Italy decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms

Italy's government approved a decree limiting the number of students with insufficient Italian-language skills in classrooms to 30%. The decree also bans full-face Islamic veils in schools.
ROME (AP) — Italy’s government passed a decree Thursday to place an upper limit on the number of students in each school classroom who have only limited Italian language skills and to ban face-covering Islamic veils in schools. Premier Giorgia Meloni’s conservative government said the package is aimed at strengthening integration through language learning and...
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