The City University of New York won’t require prospective students to take the SAT or ACT exams to be admitted through the spring of 2023, under a proposal to be voted on by the public university’s board May 24.

CUNY, along with many other universities, temporarily scrubbed the requirement in the midst of the pandemic.

The board resolution says the suspension should be extended “In light of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, which continues to pose a threat to the continuity of business and education, challenge prospective students to effectively plan, and has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable communities in the City.”

The city Department of Education asked for an extension of the suspension because of “the negative impact the pandemic has had on the number of students taking such tests,” according to the resolution.

A DOE spokeswoman said the agency in February supported CUNY’s temporary extension of the testing suspension for the 2021-22 school year “given that our high schools were fully remote at the time,” adding that “‘now that we are on the road to a full reopening in September, we are evaluating what makes sense for 2022-23 and beyond.”

CUNY plans to maintain its admissions standards “through more sophisticated practices, including the use of more information from high school transcripts, with a focus on performance in key subjects, and the expansion of the use of student essays and letters of recommendation as appropriate,” the resolution says.