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

The 16 mostly Black schools that received extra resources from the district after student busing ended in 1986 now serve mostly Hispanic children, Evans said. —Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

The answer for school leaders in 1971: One-way busing of Anderson students to all the other high schools in the city. —Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

The same two rooms also served as ACC's tutoring lab, testing center and library, which had so few books that teachers brought in textbooks and artfully distributed them around the shelves. 1979: Two-way busing began. —Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Make cuts to transportation, which would include no high school busing. —Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for busing

• bussing
• cussing
• fussing
• discussing

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