If any of the scholarship income was not used on qualified tuition expenses, then it triggers the Kiddie Tax as unearned income. Scholarship income is a hybrid, it counts as earned income for filing and the standard deduction. It counts as unearned income for the Kiddie Tax.
See Topic no. 421, Scholarships, fellowship grants, and other grants
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