The Secretary of Education approves plans, ensures state implementation through oversight and enforcement, and takes action when states fail to meet their obligations to close achievement gaps and provide
equal educational opportunity for all students.
[3] On the other hand, it has been far from inclusive of the state's large population of nonnative English speakers and has a long way to go before reaching its goal of
equal educational opportunity for all students.
Supporters of «desegregation bussing» argued that integration would provide minority students with equal access to equipment, facilities and resources thus providing
an equal educational opportunity for all students in the area.