BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Top law enforcement officials in North Dakota and South Dakota say the two states are joining in a federal lawsuit over the Obama administration's directive that public schools allow transgender students to use the restroom of their choice.

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Friday that the two states are adding their names to the suit filed by Nebraska. Other states participating in the litigation are Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina and Wyoming.

Stenehjem calls the bathroom initiative "another example of federal overreach." Jackley says the directive by Obama and his ensuing threat to withhold education funding is a "solution that goes beyond his authority."

A separate complaint filed by Texas has 13 states on board.

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