The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the lives of millions of schoolchildren and exacerbated existing educational inequities. Most schools rapidly transitioned to remote instruction in March 2020 and continued operating under fully remote or hybrid learning conditions for the 2020-21 school year. This rapid transition to, and subsequent extended use of, virtual teaching and learning presented many obstacles for students, teachers and schools. Research projected that interrupted instruction would mean students would start the 2020-21 school year with smaller reading and math gains than they would in a typical school year, that unfinished learning would be greater during the 2020-21 winter than in previous years, and that only small improvements in learning opportunity gaps were to be expected between spring 2021 and 2022. As many students enter a fourth semester of interrupted instruction, state education policymakers are working overtime to implement solutions. Many state responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have come via governors' executive orders and state education agency guidance. This Policy Snapshot details state legislative examples that address interrupted instruction from the 2021 session.