Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill to repeal Common Core education standards.

Legislators said the bill puts more control back in the hands of families, local schools and the state instead of federally generated standards for education.

In a joint press conference on Tuesday, the House and Senate addressed their decision to rescind Common Core.

The new Tennessee academic standards could be adopted and fully implemented in public schools in the 2017-18 school year.

Common Core was repealed in the Senate Tuesday in a 27-1 vote

On Monday, in a bipartisan vote, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted unanimously (97:0) to repeal Common Core