---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows for the designation of students as ex officio members of school boards; repealer"
description: "Allows for the designation of students as ex officio members of school boards; clarifies what such ex officio members are permitted to do."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9018"
citation: "New York S 9018 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-10"
last_action: "2024-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9d2e477-ed66-4f00-a082-43c01d23c52a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9018"
source_hash: "22b499bd591aed781b46b87937a6c345a2de18c26fc6f755aedd5633a7033605"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 9018 (2023-2024) — Allows for the designation of students as ex officio members of school boards; repealer

Allows for the designation of students as ex officio members of school boards; clarifies what such ex officio members are permitted to do.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S9018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9018&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S9018A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S9018A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote - Version: A — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-04-10** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 9018A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.1068
- **2024-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9855A
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.202
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.311 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9d2e477-ed66-4f00-a082-43c01d23c52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).