[Text of section effective until Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is certified by the commissioner as the successor agency to the Essex agricultural and technical high school and the North Shore Vocational Regional School, which shall occur by July 1, 2009. Repealed by 2004, 463, Sec. 1. See 2004, 463, Sec. 18.]
Section 19. Employees of schools shall be considered public employees for purposes of tort liability under chapter 258, and the board of trustees of a school shall be considered the public employer for purposes of tort liability under said chapter 258.