The plan won approval in only two of the state's 115 counties.
Because white parents did not have to bus their children into the inner city, the plan won acceptance.
His remarks come when the plan is winning wide support in Congress.
The Democrats say they believe their latest plan will win the agency's approval.
He noted that a similar plan had won wide approval in the House on another measure.
It will be several years before all the changes are made, officials said, but the plan won early praise Tuesday.
But the plan did not win the support of the four Democratic supervisors on the board.
And he declined to say whether the plan had won the support of top political leaders.
The same plan will always win - it's so simple!
The plan has won the full endorsement only of the Croatian side in the war.