Deductions & credits

I did not cash the bonds with the intent of using them for college payment.  After the fact, I am trying to make the best of a poor decision.  Unfortunately I am past 60 days on cashing the bonds.  I was hoping that something similar to the AOTC trick of making part of a scholarship taxable by assigning it to R&B would allow some part of the tuition to be paid with the bonds.  No such luck.