Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:

Have some great news about some great changes, but first I want to
thank The Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast for being great at what they do
(specifically podcast #458), Timothy Ettridge for listening to them and for
passing the news on to us, and most of all the AOPA for pushing those changes
and making them come true.

On June 27, the FAA published a new final rule with many changes, particularly
to Part 61 of FARs. Some of these changes have already started to take effect on
July 27, and the rest will have taken effect by Dec. 24, 2018. The most
important change for us, as Sport Flight Instructors, is that now the FARs allow
sport pilots to credit all their flight experience towards higher certificates
and ratings. This means that any dual airtime either I or Andrey might give a
student will be counted towards their Private Pilot License in the future. Also,
with a little bit of extra training and the required endorsement, we will be
able to provide training on control and maneuvering solely by reference to
instruments.

This AOPA article will explain it all. We are so excited.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/june/27/faa-cuts-cost-of-training-proficiency