Ex-State Sen. Gary Hart to Speak on Education
Former state Sen. Gary K. Hart will speak about the changing role of higher education in public schools at a Cal Lutheran lecture Monday.
Hart, who for 20 years represented much of Ventura County in the Legislature, will address the challenges facing public education, including the dearth of qualified teachers, the rising number of nonnative English speakers and the elimination of race as a factor for admission to public colleges and universities.
During his legislative tenure, the Santa Barbara Democrat was the author of higher education bond measures that freed up $2 billion in funding; the architect of landmark educational funding reform; a champion of starting a four-year Cal State campus in Ventura County; and a backer of the charter school movement. He chaired the Senate Education Committee for 12 years and has directed the California State University Institute for Educational Reform since 1995.
The lecture, at 7 p.m. in Cal Lutheran’s Preus-Brandt Forum, 60 W. Olsen Road, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 493-3151.
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