The Common Core is a set of education standards. Local school districts then form curriculum to achieve these standards.
There've been many arguments made by critics of Common Core who don't believe there's enough local control. Some say the standards are too weak while others say they're too tough.
Lisa Gray with the pro-Common Core consortium The Ohio Standard says the new bill to require cursive writing is the perfect example of how the state gets to modify the standards to fit what the community may want.
"They can add cursive writing. They can add specific content in math-or other elements in English, language arts and that is completely up to the state. And in Ohio it's largely up to our local districts," said Gray.
Cursive writing is a skill anti-Common Core advocates wanted back - although the sponsor of the bill says teaching cursive has nothing to do with the debate over Common Core.