Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The positions of clerical paraprofessional, guidance clerical paraprofessional and Title I clerical paraprofessional in the public school department of the city of Gardner shall be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws, and any person in those positions shall be granted civil service status from their date of initial employment. The human resources division within the executive office for administration and finance shall reclassify such positions as clerk or typist or senior clerk and typists.