Room and board (R&B) are qualified expenses for a Qualified Tuition plan (529, ESA) distribution on a 1099-Q. R&B are not qualified expenses for a tuition credit or deduction. It's highly unlikely that the school made the big mistake of putting R&B in box 1 of the 1098-T.
The 1098-T is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return.
If you claim the tuition credit, you do need to report that you got one or that you qualify for an exception (the TurboTax interview will handle this)
You claim the tuition credit, or report scholarship income or exclude earnings from a 1099-Q, based on your own financial records, not the 1098-T.
