New York weighs expanded in-school coronavirus testing as students return State has $335 million to distribute among 700 districts for COVID-19 screenings FacebookTwitterEmail New York state is weighing how to distribute hundreds of millions of new federal dollars that are to be used for an expansion COVID-19 testing in public K-12 schools.. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union ALBANY — State officials are weighing how to distribute hundreds of millions new federal dollars that are to be used for an expansion COVID-19 testing in public K-12 schools. New York is poised to receive $335 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control this month to distribute among more than 700 districts, one component of the Biden administration's effort to flood schools with federal money and bring back in-person learning for most students by this spring.