Parents fight LAUSD transfer policy

Outraged by L.A. Unified's decision to deny nearly 10,000 students the chance to enroll in schools in neighboring districts, hundreds of parents have organized an online networking campaign to pressure the school board to reverse the move.Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

The school board quietly approved the new policy in early Februarycted to reduce the number of transfer permits - now at - by 80 percent.

Bringing the students back to district schools will return $51 million in average daily attendance funding from the state to LAUSD - money the district desperately needs as it faces a $640 million budget shortfall in the 2010-2011 school year.