Press Release – For Immediate Release

SafePupilTransport.com Launches School Bus Safety Compliance Package
Online Training Program Helps School Districts Meet Texas House Bill 3190 Standards

DALLAS – November 14, 2007 – A new online training program is teaching Texas school districts how to make safety compliance easy for everyone to pass.

Texas-based Vertical Alliance Group has launched www.SafePupilTransport.com to provide school bus drivers with a number of online training resources, including a new program to comply with Texas House Bill 3190.

Authored by Rep. Helen Giddings and sponsored by Sen. John Carona, HB 3190 now requires school districts to train all students and teaching staff on emergency school bus evacuations at least twice annually.

Among other new mandates, the bill also prohibits any person who has committed certain offenses from operating a school bus for at least 10 years. It also requires operators to wear seatbelts if available, and prohibits school bus operation beyond the manufacturer's design capacity.

Signed by Gov. Rick Perry on June 15, HB 3190 officially went into effect on Sept. 1, establishing Dec. 1 as the districts' initial compliance deadline.

"Texas school districts only have two more weeks to meet the state's deadline," said Jay Wommack, CEO of Vertical Alliance Group.

"That's primarily why we decided to develop a compliance kit in the first place. When the law went it effect, we knew it would be virtually impossible for everyone to comply with it under such a tight time frame. But SafePupilTransport.com makes it easy by eliminating many of the schools' logistical problems, as well as their time and cost constraints."

The HB 3190 Compliance Kit includes two training videos on DVD. The first is used to train instructors on how to perform the evacuation walkthrough with students, and the second is for students to view prior to participating in the walkthrough itself.

In addition to training videos, the package provides all necessary paperwork districts are required to file with the state, as well as handouts for students and teachers, reporting forms, question and answer guides, and detailed instructions on how and when to implement each step of the program.

For a one-time licensing fee of $150, a school district can share the entire program with every teacher, pupil and facility in its system, "no matter how many," Wommack said.

For more information and to order or request a free live video demonstration, contact Vertical Alliance at 877-792-3866, ext. 107, or go to www.SafePupilTransport.com.

Press Contacts:
Karin Melrose, kmelrose@mbapr.com, 713-831-6813
Morgan Field, mfield@mbapr.com, 214-521-8596

About Vertical Alliance Group Inc.
Vertical Alliance Group Inc. is an online publisher that provides direct marketing services – including lead generation for a variety of personal and business services, and targeted recruiting of pre-qualified employees – for clients in 20 niche industry segments. Headquartered in Texarkana, Texas with offices in Dallas, Vertical Alliance hosts and manages more than 40 Web sites, using response engine marketing to increase its clients' "Basic Unit of Wealth."