The town council will vote on March 22 on the changes, which envision fines of between 100 and 300 euros for the parents or guardians of kids who disrupt "civil co-existence" inside or outside school.
"The idea stems from the experience we have had over the last year and a half in charge of the town, a period in which we have been called on to intervene in several cases of bullying together with the police and the schools," Cento Mayor Edoardo Accorsi said.
"This is an additional instrument, which we will have to test and assess whether it works".
Accorsi said his is not the first administration to have adopted such measures.
A similar regulation is already in force in the Municipality of Lonigo, in the province of Vicenza and in Cameri, in the province of Novara, and in both cases the fines can reach up to 500 euros.
Accorsi said the "new tool" is an "institutional synthesis", which has already been discussed at great length with the local police, law enforcement agencies and educational institutions, which, he said, obviously will have to ascertain intimidating or aggressive attitudes.
He said parents would be able to get out of the fines if they get their children to take part in bullying-awareness programs.
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