Chicago, IL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/16/2009 -- With test prep and after school programs falling victim to school budget cuts, PrepMe created a special program for state legislators to help their high school districts prepare for college. Thanks to state legislators’ commitment to advocating post-secondary education and participation in PrepMe’s “Be a Local Hero” program, high school students across the nation received free college test prep.

PrepMe is an education company offering personalized online curriculum aligned to ACT’s & SAT’s respective college readiness and guidelines and helps students prepare for the skills tested on college entrance exams. Only PrepMe students can boast 5 point score improvements on the ACT and 305 points on the SAT.

Through the “Be a Local Hero” program, high school students have four months access to online personalized weekly schedules comprised of over 150 lessons and quizzes and four full ACT or SAT tests. In order for students to have received this free gift, state legislators submitted their commitment on their high school’s behalf. Excited and eager to provide their school district with college test prep when so many programs had been cut due to budget restraints, legislators flooded PrepMe with written requests to help their high schools. These legislators are truly the local heroes of their districts.

Alaska
• Representative Pete Petersen

Arizona
• Representative Cecil Ash
• Senator Richard Miranda
• Representantive Ben Miranda

Hawaii
• Senator Clarence Nishihara

Iowa
• Senator Mike Gronstal

Illinois
• Representative Karen Yarbrough

Indiana
• Senator Jim Arnold
• Representative Phil Giaquinta
• Representative Peggy Welch

Kentucky
• Representative Richard Henderson
• Representative Joni Jenkins
• Representative Mary Lou Marzian
• Representative Sannie Overly
• Representative Greg Stumbo
• Senator Johnny Ray Turner

Michigan
• Representative Lisa Brown
• Representative Mark Meadows

Missouri
• Representative Bert Atkins
• Representative Patricia Yaeger

North Dakota
• Senator Judy Lee
• Representative Shirley Meyer
• Representative Corey Mock

New Mexico
• Senator John Pinto
• Representative Dennis Roch
• Senator John Sapien

Ohio
• Representative Tom Letson
• Representative Dale Mallory

Utah
• Representative Keith Grover
• Representative Wayne Harper
• Representative Kory Holdaway
• Representative Gregory Hughes

Washington
• Senator Mary Margaret Haugen

Wyoming
• Representative Sue Wallis

For follow up interview, please contact:

Representative Tom Letson:
Address: 77 S High Street, 11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: 614-466-5358

Representative Phil GiaQuinta, District 80:
Address: 200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786
Tel: 317-232-9600

Representative Peggy Welch, District 60:
Address: 200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786
Tel: 317-232-9600

Senator Tim Keller:
Address: 11023 Vistazo Place SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
Tel: 505-332-9441

Representative Ben Miranda:
Address: 1700 W. Washington, Room 323
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Tel: 602-926-4893

Karan Goel, CEO
Address: 230 E Ohio, Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-278-3784