No. Only the partner who pays his or her own education expenses or the expenses of his or her dependent is eligible for an education credit (the student partner). If the student partner uses community funds to pay the education expenses, the student partner may determine the credit as if he or she made the entire expenditure. In that case, the student partner has received a gift from his or her partner equal to one-half of the expenditure.
Sources:
Rev. Rul. 2013-17
Publication 970 (2023)
