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The Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Toscana (Regional School Office for Tuscany), headed by a senior executive, is organized into 12 non-general managerial offices and 13 non-general managerial positions for the performance of technical-inspective functions.

The Regional School Office (USR) is a peripheral office of the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research, present in 18 regional capitals, and operates through administrative actions in the pursuit of public interest and in compliance with pre-established regulations.
It is structured both by function and by territory. The territorial offices have responsibilities for providing support to schools, administrative tasks, and monitoring, in coordination with the relevant general directorates.

The Liceo Artistico Piero della Francesca is one of the schools annexed to the 'Convitto Nazionale V. Emanuele II' and represents the most modern and avant-garde evolution of the Istituto Statale d'Arte. This change took place in the 2009-2010 school year, following the Reform. In subsequent years, the Liceo Scientifico Scienze Applicate, the Liceo Coreutico, the Liceo Scientifico Internazionale BRIC and, finally, the Liceo Internazionale Quadriennale were added. As pointed out in the POFT, the Liceo Artistico of Arezzo is deeply anchored to the territory and its peculiarities, and over time has tried to restructure the study courses so that they were always in line with the job profiles that the provincial reality required. The educational objectives common to all the above-mentioned courses of study are of various kinds: knowledge of the various languages of the curricular and extracurricular disciplines; knowledge of the fundamental values of the Italian state; formation of the Italian, European and international citizen; knowledge and acceptance of the rules of civil coexistence; education in solidarity and acceptance of others; education in legality. To the principles just described, today we cannot but add the dimension of school inclusion that concerns 100% of students: it is not a question of Special Educational Needs, but of social justice and human rights of every student, expressed in all those practices of 'well being at school', so that the school environment itself becomes an organisation of support and enhancement of all diversities.

The Leopoldo II di Lorena Institute is located in Grosseto, in the Rural and Agri-food District of Southern Tuscany, and comprises six courses of study distributed in two sites and characterised by the presence of various laboratories with modern and advanced equipment: the Agribusiness and Chemistry for Health Biotechnology technical institutes; the professional institutes for Agriculture and Rural Development, for Food and Wine and Hospitality and for Health and Social Work; the Wellness Operator for Aesthetics. The Institute is the seat of three-year courses for the acquisition of the IeFP professional qualification and of C.RI.S.B.A.- Research Centre for Biotechnical Tools in the Agricultural-Forestry sector; it is also a Higher Integrated Training Centre - PTP "AGRI.CUL.TUR.A - Agribusiness, Culture, Tourism and Learning". The Institute is leader of school networks in 3 FAMI projects Migrants Asylum Fund and of the Foundation "EAT Eccellenza Agroalimentare Toscana", partner in numerous Erasmus projects and supporter of projects to accompany students with disabilities into the world of work and social animation workshops through agriculture for fragile subjects.Students with Special Educational Needs are about 29%; this favours a didactic design whereby classroom work is implemented through more motivating teaching methods and inclusive activities concerning different fields of interest. The internship activities characterising PCTO are strongly customised, thanks to which the students come into direct contact with the world of work, putting into practice the skills they have acquired and deepening their knowledge directly in the working environment.

The Bernardino Lotti Secondary Education Institute in Massa Marittima offers five courses of study: the school with the oldest traditions is the Industrial Technical Institute, founded in 1919 as the Mining Complementary Course and which became the Mining School in 1927; today it corresponds to the Construction, Environment and Territory Address (Geotechnical articulation). In 1963 the Technical Industrial Chemical Address was established, now called Chemistry, Materials and Biotechnology (articulation Chemistry and Materials). In 1946, the Liceo Classico was established, aimed at literary, historical and philosophical education. Also important was the establishment of the vocational school for electronics, which with the reform took on the name Maintenance and Technical Assistance. Since the 2011/12 school year, another vocational course has been activated, Food, wine and hospitality services, which has intercepted a constantly growing training need in the area. Fundamental in 2003 was the activation within the institute of a training agency accredited by the Region of Tuscany, which motivated the opening of a evening course for adults inherent to the professional pathway enogastronomy articulation in constant synergy and collaboration with the CPIA of Grosseto and local associations.

The Liceo Piccolomini in Siena boasts a long and prestigious history and represents an indispensable cultural and educational reference point for the city. It is a place of excellence where tradition and innovation are combined. It is divided into four sections: the Liceo Classico that favours the acquisition of humanistic studies; the Liceo Musicale (the only one in the territory) for the theoretical and technical-practical learning of music, together with the study of subjects common to high schools; the Liceo delle Scienze Umane with the Economic and Social option, which focuses on the study of disciplines linked to personal identity and society; the Liceo Artistico which is aimed at the study of aesthetic phenomena and artistic practice.