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(AP) -- Two more Georgia school districts are suing the state over charter schools they don't want in their counties. 

The school systems in Henry and Spalding counties join a growing list of districts with pending lawsuits against the state and the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. It's the third civil case to challenge the constitutionality of the commission, which can approve charter schools and force local districts to fund them. 

Last fall, Gwinnett County schools filed the first legal challenge against the new commission, which was formed by a 2008 state law. That lawsuit was joined by Atlanta and DeKalb school districts, and two others - Bulloch and Candler - filed a second lawsuit.

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