Gary K. Hart served in the California State Legislature for 20 years and chaired the Senate Education Committee from 1983 until his retirement in 1994. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U His Senate district included portions of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Los Angeles Counties. Santa Barbara County is a County located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U San Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of the U Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the US state of California ( Southern California) Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. A former high school teacher and a Democrat, Hart authored a wide range of legislation on education topics, including performance-based student testing, school restructuring, charter schools, and latch key child care programs. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. He was voted most ethical California legislator by his peers and as such appeared on the cover of California Journal.

After his retirement from the Legislature, he founded the California State University Institute for Education Reform, located on the CSU Sacramento campus. California State University Sacramento (also known as Sacramento State or Sac State) is a public University located in the city of Sacramento The Institute promotes education reform efforts aimed at improving pupil academic achievement. Hart also served as the California Secretary for Education for Governor Gray Davis from January 1999 through March 2000. Joseph Graham Davis Jr (born December 26 1942 better known as Gray Davis, is an American politician who served as California 's 37th Governor His principal responsibility as Secretary for Education was helping craft and pass the Governor's 1999 education reform program. Most recently, he has created and taught in the Program in America and California Explorations (PACE), an innovative core humanities initiative at Kennedy High School in Sacramento. Program in America and California Explorations ( PACE) is a Small Learning Community (SLC at John F

Mr. Hart earned a B. A. degree in history from Stanford University and an M. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in A. in education from Harvard University.