Payments can be made for expenses of the year the scholarship is received and/or the first three months of the following year, however, the treatment of that scholarship must be made for the tax year the scholarship was received.
In the example you provide, no payment was made, therefore the scholarship must be claimed as taxable income by the student.
Putting the scholarship into a 529 Account is not the same as prepaying tuition.
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