The Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, has suggested reviewing the practice of allowing schools to operate both state-funded association contract classes and private fee-paying classes simultaneously. The move follows reports from the Salesianos de Manique school in Cascais, where students in the two different regimes were provided with different meal options in the canteen. The minister highlighted that such coexistence within the same building makes socioeconomic inequalities more apparent and stressed that schools under association contracts must adhere to public school rules, including price caps on meals to protect families.