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

With the busing, migrants are circled around inside Mexican territory in a merry-go-round strategy that forces them to repeatedly pay off immigration agents, kidnappers and smugglers. —Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024

In other news: Education: Chief Equity Officer John Marshall and Jefferson County Public Schools board member Chris Kolb had a heated exchange after the board meeting on ending magnet school busing. —Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2024

But Nixon was clearly offering an agenda — a way out of Vietnam, opposing busing, and cracking down on crime, with the hope of picking up the border South. —Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024

The Jefferson County Board of Education could hold a special meeting on magnet busing before school starts, but one has not yet been scheduled. —Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2024

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