The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which gave the government more authority to set standards for food sold at school, could help by increasing the reimbursement for school meals.

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So the Recovery Act included the largest investment in education by the federal government in history while preventing more than 300, 000 teachers and school workers from being fired because of state budget shortfalls.

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