[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 Repealed by 2004, 463, Sec. 1.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 9. The board of trustees shall not incur expenses in any fiscal year in excess of the budget amount approved by the commissioner of education unless the trustees determine that adequate funds are available for such expenses.