Schenectady school board weighs how to spend $60 million federal windfall | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 New reading and math specialists for every Schenectady school. Thousands of hours each year in before and after school tutoring. Dozens of new social workers, psychologists and school counselors. A $1 million expansion of summer enrichment programs. The Schenectady school board on Wednesday started discussions over how to spend an estimated $60 million in federal aid expected to flow to the district over the next four years. Interim Superintendent Aaron Bochniak during a special budget meeting Wednesday night outlined for the school board a suggested path to using the money over the coming years. He proposed thinking of the federal aid as a massive grant – about $15 million per year over four years – and focusing on expanding student support services like reading and math specialists, tutoring, after school programs and providing more academic support during a summer enrichment program.