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

In 1971, in response to a Supreme Court decision on busing, the city of Alexandria moved students from all of these high schools around, per Northern Virginia Magazine. —Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025

Immediately after Finn's death, the Hamilton School District changed its busing policy, dropping off 4K students directly at Willow Springs Learning Center. —Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Outside of the Catholic system, a few new private schools opened in Louisville that first year of busing, and even more opened the following year. —Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025

The district eventually restored busing for students at six magnet schools in March. —Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 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