@Mommdc – thank you. I literally copied and pasted the excerpt you cited above and fired it off to my tax preparer who then confirmed – no tax due to the state of PA nor locally. The fact that PA is so vague about it and doesn’t specify qualified/non-qualified re: what the scholarship is used for really made me think it wasn’t taxable in the state of PA’s eyes. This helps me for the next four years and with my other son when he goes to school.
Scholarships for room and board = taxable for federal. Not for state of PA. I’d really be sunk without this forum.