DD was eligible for work study but didn’t get a job because of Covid. Our agreement with her was that her work study money went towards the “personal expenses” and “books” categories as the amounts were close to equal on the award letter. We have the 529 funds get disbursed directly to the college and the grant gets applied to her account. This semester, we paid for her books with some small scholarships she got and gave her a bit of spending money to cover what she would have gotten from work study but she didn’t have anywhere to spend it. No change to the withdrawal from the 529. Not sure if that is helpful.