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

Why couldn't magnet schools pick their own start times? While the vast majority of magnet schools lost busing under this year's transportation plan, some students in those schools — including those with specific disabilities and those considered homeless — are federally required to receive busing. —Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2024

City officials in Del Rio continued the busing, but, by the start of 2024, arrivals started to decrease. —Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

The intrigue: The district also plans on providing free busing to its preschools to eliminate transportation barriers. —Linh Ta, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025

When Nick Mason was covering busing and desegregation in schools in Buffalo, New York, in the 1970s one thing stood out to him: education was the key to solving inequality. —Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 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