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Gary Hart – Bio

Gary Hart Board of Advisors, Founder, In Memoriam CA
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Gary Hart

In Memoriam  |  1943-2022

California State Assemblyman and Senator (1974-1994)

Gary Hart served in the California State Legislature as an Assembly Member and Senator for 20 years. In his role as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee (1983 to 1994), he authored California’s charter school law in 1992.

Mr. Hart also served as the Secretary of Education for Governor Gray Davis. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Public Policy Institute of California, including as Chair. In 1995, he founded the California State University Institute for Education Reform, a policy center focusing on elementary and secondary school issues. In 2001, he established the Program in America and California Explorations (PACE), an honors program at Kennedy High School in Sacramento. He obtained his MA in teaching from Harvard University and his BA from Stanford University.

Gary Hart Library Contributions

SB 1448: How California Launched Charter School Reform

Gary Hart
CA | 1992

Founders Library Promo 2022

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Jim Goenner, Ph.D., John Ellis (Jeb) Bush, Josephine (Jo) Baker, Peggy Kerns, Shavar Jeffries, Ted Kolderie, Will Marshall
2022

Gary Hart – Bio

Gary Hart
CA

2019 Library Promo

Alex Medler, Ph.D., Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Grand Valley State University (GVSU), Jim Goenner, Ph.D., Peggy Kerns, Sue Burr, William (Bill) F. Owens
CA, CO, MI, USA | 2019

National Charter Schools Founders Library: Overview 2019

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Jim Goenner, Ph.D., Peggy Kerns, Sue Burr, Ted Kolderie, Will Marshall
USA | 2019

California’s Charter Schools Story

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Sue Burr
CA | 2019

California’s Charter Story: School Vouchers

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Sue Burr
CA | 2019

California’s Charter Story: How the Charter Bill Went Through in California

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Sue Burr
CA | 2019

California’s Charter Story: How Charters Helped Unified Funding

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Sue Burr
CA | 2019

California’s Charter Story: Expectations from Charter Bill

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Sue Burr
CA | 2019

Letter To Gary Hart From Ernest Ciarrocchi January 1994

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Letter To Gary Hart From Kathy Cates March 1994

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Letter To Gary Hart From John Lockhart February 1994

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Several Hart Bills Advance

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Hart Introduces Several Bills First Day Of Session

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Letter From Gary Hart To Sue Burr January 1994

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Legalize School Dress Code

Gary Hart
CA | 1994

Hart Introduces Remainder Of His ’94 Legislative Package

Gary Hart
CA | 1994
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