NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee state lawmakers are calling for a repeal of Common Core as Gov. Bill Haslam moves forward with a public review of the national education standards.

State Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Dolores Gresham and state Sen. Mike Bell are behind legislation filed Monday to repeal Common Core and establish the Tennessee Standards Commission, a public body that would recommend new state standards to Tennessee’s board of education, the Associated Press reports.

The Common Core standards are facing increasing opposition from parents, teachers, school officials and education experts across the nation over a variety of concerns, and have already been repealed in Indiana and Oklahoma. A top issue in both of those states centered on how Common Core shifts control over education decisions to Washington, D.C. – the same reason Tennessee lawmakers are pursuing its repeal.

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“It is the next logical step that will take us into the future and ensure that we as Tennesseans have control over our deduction system,” Gresham told the AP.

Lawmakers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri and other states are also considering ditching Common Core amid criticisms about the standards from across the political spectrum, from Tea Party activists to teachers unions.

It’s the same situation in Tennessee.

Haslam recently formed panels to review the math and English portions of Common Core and report back by at the end of next year. Lawmakers, however, want to take more direct action.

According to the AP:

The legislation filed Monday and Haslam’s review both come amid mounting political pressure about the standards. Tea party groups have derided Common Core as government overreach, while some teachers groups have complained that the standards rely too heavily on student test scores. The scores are, in turn, used to evaluate teacher performance.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman, who announced last week that he’s leaving for the private sector, has been heavily criticized for his lead role in the state’s education overhaul. It has included the implementation of Common Core standards and changes to teacher tenure rules.

Several attempts to repeal the standards failed during the last legislative session. Lawmakers did manage to delay the testing component of the standards.

Haslam noted that Common Core standards have already taken root in Tennessee classrooms when speaking with reporters Monday, and questioned the feasibility of creating entirely new standards if Common Core is repealed, according to the news service.

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“To change any standards is not an automatic process … that’s going to take some time,” he said.