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Thanks, I'll give that a try.

OK, thanks to help from others on here, I registered a Texas LTC class as a Non-NRA class. Now that the class is completed, I want to submit the class report to get NRA credit. The trouble is, I need to fill in student names in order to complete the form. Of course we can't publicly divulge student names, so I guess I can't submit the class report.
Anyone know a workaround on this?

Well, that's better news than I thought it would be.

Will NRA send us a reminder that our BIT is expiring or do we just have to keep track of it ourselves?

So what about that idea of having to take a new BIT class every two years? Is that really going into effect?

OK, someone tell me how to find the non-NRA class button to hit. I swear when I posted a class last week there were only a couple of NRA options.

Charles, if that is the case, please talk to the people who man the telephones at NRA. I was told specifically that our LTC classes will not qualify as keeping us current with NRA. Further, the NRA site to register a class only lists NRA classes for you to check what you are teaching. There used to be a section for "non NRA Class" (or something like that), but I don't see that anymore.
I hope what you are saying is correct, but NRA told me otherwise.
Also, is it true that from now on we will need to retake BIT training every two years?
Thanks for the information.

Talk about a money grab! Take a new class every two years? And, of course, pay for the honor of doing so.
I wonder if there is any possibility of having the "other certification" requirement removed from the state certification requirements? It is reaching the point that those of us who hold full time jobs and do this part time might as well just give it up. The costs will eventually be prohibitive. All of us lost potential repeat business when the renewal classes went away, now we are getting hit by NRA.

I agree with the money thing. In order to teach an NRA class, you have to order NRA materials for the student.

That's what the NRA guy on the phone told me.

Since most of us need NRA certification to keep our LTC instructor certificates, we need to report a certain number of classes to NRA every year or two in order to stay current with NRA. There used to be a place on the class reporting form for NRA where you could report "other" rather than reporting having taught an NRA prescribed class. I don't see that anymore, so I called NRA.
The guy I talked to said that only NRA classes will be honored anymore, not LTC or other classes that we might teach.
This is a problem for me because I never teach NRA classes. Never had anyone want one, and a lot of what I teach isn't allowed in NRA classes (discussion of tactics, defensive shooting, etc.).
I guess I will have to find a friend or relative once every year or so and give away a free NRA Basic Pistol class just to keep current with my NRA certification.