The COVID-19COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt public education and affect the academic, social, and emotional well-being of students. The long-term underinvestment in science educationScience education, combined with the unprecedented disruptions caused by COVID-19COVID-19, heightened the challenges facing students and school staff in schools, and are likely to constrain science educationScience education for years to come. In this chapter, we summarize the impact of COVID-19COVID-19 on science educationScience education. Science education became a lower priority in the 2020–2021 school year and key efforts to implement new science standards were delayed. Staffing shortages, teacher burnout, lack of dedicated funding for science educationScience education, and an emphasis on math and English were key barriers to prioritizing science education. Districts provided limited support for science educationScience education during the pandemic, and most did not prioritize science education in their recovery plans. In this chapter, we outline key steps for policymakers to support equitable recovery in science educationScience education.