The NRA pistol instructor updates for blended and instructor led training have been updated in the NRA instructor portal. An updates screen pops up as soon as you log in. It pops up for training counselors...not sure if it's visible for instructors.

Apparently the message was not posted to NRA instructors, only training counselors.  NRA allows instructors to teach the blended learning (current way) and brings back instructor led training (old way).  Also some procedural changes for both.  No implementation timeline and student packets aren't on the website yet.

I'm glad to hear that they finally came around on this. Our gun club offers courses and we couldn't get anyone at all to sign up for the blended format.

Next, we will explore the new NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting, Instructor Led Training (ILT). The defining feature of this course is the obvious return to the traditional Instructor/student relationship. Something that isn’t so
obvious is the flexibility to teach the full lesson plan or a condensed version which covers only one pistol action type (semi-auto or revolver). The lesson plans for ILT can be found in the Lesson Plans/PowerPoints section on
the NRAInstructors.org homepage. To maintain consistency across all NRA lesson plans, a Performance Requirements Checklist is included. We strongly recommend that instructors use this form to document what they
have taught their students, as well as record the student’s acknowledgement that they feel comfortable with each objective. If an instructor conducts the condensed lesson plan covering a single pistol type, the instructor
must document this clearly on these forms and keep them for their records. Please note that if an instructor conducts the ILT version of the course, they are required to provide each of their students with a Basics of Pistol
Shooting student packet. Packets are available at the NRA Program Materials Center and consist of the NRA Guide: Basics of Pistol Shooting Handbook, and a course exam. Also note that if the instructor conducts a single
pistol action type course, they will need to indicate this on the course registration page in order to print the appropriate certificate which will state Revolver or Semi-Automatic as appropriate.

The email came out yesterday, something I haven't seen mentioned yet is they are planning to change the online portion so that instructors can purchase access codes to the course at a discounted rate and can then resell them to their students at whatever rate they can negotiate.   As I expected, they want to keep the checklists and qualification standards that were introduced with the new course, so it won't be the exact same format as the old basic pistol curriculum (which left a lot up to instructor discretion, I'm surprised states were accepting it as proof of training without specific performance requirements).