That's not the behavior that I see. When I do this with a simple tax return using the online TurboTax Free Edition, initially indicating that I was not a full-time student, declining to upgrade to Deluxe, then going back and changing my answer to indicate that I was a full-time student, TurboTax permits me to file with the Free Edition. It seems that there is either some other aspect of your tax return that is requiring at least one of the Schedules 1 through 6 that is forcing the upgrade, or perhaps you did not originally decline to upgrade to Deluxe when prompted. If you did not decline to upgrade and you've already upgraded to Deluxe, I believe that the only way to downgrade is to clear your tax return and start over.
[Edit] Note that the Form 8880 may be present in your forms list visible via Tax Tools -> Tools -> Delete a form. Even though it is present in the forms list, if TurboTax is not giving you the credit, TurboTax will not include Form 8880 and force Schedule 3 in your filing.
October 15, 201912:03 PM
