Your husband's nurse practitioner program may qualify as
an Education Credit, per the IRS, "An eligible educational institution is
any college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational
institution eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by
the U.S. Department of Education. It includes virtually all accredited public,
nonprofit, and proprietary (privately owned profit-making) postsecondary
institutions. The educational institution should be able to tell you if it is
an eligible educational institution."
If your husband's program falls within this IRS eligibility information, then the
institution or school would have issued you a Form 1098-T, as a result. I would
suggest confirming with the school.
Once
confirmed, you would need to click Federal Taxes, then click
Deductions & Credits, look for Education, Expenses and
scholarships.
Furthermore, in order for his program, conference fees, and materials to qualify as a job related educational expense; per the IRS "you may be able to deduct work-related education expenses paid during the year as an itemized deduction on Forn 1040, Schedule A (PDF), Itemized Deductions. To be deductible, your expenses must be for education that (1) maintains or improves your job skills or (2) that your employer or a law requires to keep your salary, status, or job.
However, even if the education meets either of these tests, the education can't be part of a program that will qualify you for a new trade or business or that you need to meet the minimal educational requirements of your trade or business."
For more information, please click the following IRS link:
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc513.html
