JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Senate sent legislation to the governor on Thursday that would require the state to revisit its recently adopted education standards.

The bill, which passed the Senate 23-6 (with opposition from Republican Ryan Silvey), would require the Missouri Board of Education to form work groups to develop academic standards for the subjects of English language arts, mathematics, science, and history and governments. The standards would have to be in place by the 2016-17 academic year. The legislation would not disallow the panels from circling back to the academic standards already in place.

Similar legislation passed the House by a 133-9 vote on Tuesday.

“This requires that we have our standards. How close they are to Common Core, the bill doesn’t specify,” said Rep. Kurt Bahr, R-St. Charles. “These will be Missouri standards.”

Each work group would have 16 members, with eight selected by legislative leaders, five selected by educational groups and the state board, and one each selected by the governor, commissioner of education and lieutenant governor. At least four members of each work group would be parents.

If enacted, the legislation could make Missouri the second state to reject Common Core, which is a set of standards in English language arts and math that outline the skills and knowledge students should have at each grade level to graduate college- and career-ready.

Missouri has been working to adopt Common Core standards since Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon was elected in 2009. The standards originated at the National Governors Association as a way for states to develop their own unified standards after the years of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The legislation now heads to Nixon’s desk.