Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Since enactment , Congress increased federal funding of education , from $ 42.2 billion in 2001 to $ 54.4 billion in 2007 .
Simplified: Since the law started , Congress gave more money to schools from $ 42.2 billion in 2001 to $ 54.4 billion in 2007 .