I believe there is a bug in the program. I've been doing this for many years and this is the first year I had a problem. I believe that if you take the standard deduction without choosing to compare the itemized deduction it does not ask you for your educator expenses. I had to go into Tools, choose the topic "Educator Expenses" and click on Go. Then it took me to the question. It made a difference in both my federal and state returns!
