busing

noun

bus·​ing ˈbə-siŋ 

variants or less commonly bussing

1

: the act of transporting by bus

2

: the transporting of children to a school outside their residential area as a means of achieving racial balance in that school

Examples of busing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This option could appease community members who have spoken out against district leaders' insistence that cutting magnet busing is the most equitable solution to its busing woes. —Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024

The relentless surge has led to a hodgepodge response in Mexico ranging from shutting down railways heading north to the busing of people to areas with fewer migrants. —James Fredrick, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023

Fairfield City School District School busing will end for thousands of students in Fairfield and Fairfield Township following the defeat of the 6.9-mill operating levy. —Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024

The district is reviewing guidelines and has not determined how many of the 356 non-public students in grades K-8 would lose busing, Gentry-Fletcher said. —Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024

Spoiler alert: In July 1974, the court ruled against cross-district busing in a 5-4 decision. —William Grant, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024

Activists also fought the practice of intact busing, where entire classes of students and their teachers were bused to other schools. —Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024

More busing, Abbott? Chicago immigration attorney John Heiderscheidt thinks the city could still see an increase of up to 100,000 migrants within the next seven months ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, regardless of whether asylum law changes. —Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024

Griffith Public Schools are clearing up an apparent miscommunication over the busing of students from the Area Career Center (ACC) in Hammond following a situation Wednesday in which several students were left waiting for a ride home. —Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Legal Definition

busing

noun

bus·​ing

variants or bussing

ˈbə-siŋ 

: the act of transporting by bus

especially : the transporting of children to a school outside their neighborhood in order to establish a racial balance at that school