Student transportation involves a lot of moving parts and can be a source of a district's highest risk exposure. Each year there are numerous reports of students getting on the wrong bus, getting off at the wrong bus stop, failing to return home from field trips or even worse, not getting off the bus at all -- in some cases with fatal consequences. IRITRAK is a ground-breaking MULTI biometric solution that is nonintrusive and employs the highest levels of student ID security. It was developed originally to address special needs student transportation issues because those children are most at risk, and other options previously available are found to be unreliable and inaccurate. The system provides school districts with instantaneous bus locations via GPS technology and the specific real-time identity of all students on board. Each student is scanned with a handheld scanner when boarding or exiting the bus. The scan takes only two to three seconds per student and provides the district with tracking history reports for each child, and if the school district chooses, the system can also deliver parents with notifications via text message when their child boards or exits the school bus. All student data is encrypted and securely stored and is not retrievable from the handheld device if it becomes lost or stolen. Iritrak Corporation is a software development company based in Seattle, Washington. The core mission of Iritrak is for student safety and security during daily school transportation operations and the many other school district requirements.