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The definition of busing is the transporting of schoolchildren by bus from one neighborhood to another.

(noun)

Taking caucasian children from their school to an African American populated school is an example of busing.

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noun

☆ the transporting of children by buses to schools outside their neighborhoods as a result of a federal court's order to desegregate the school system

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noun

The transportation of schoolchildren by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.

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