What will happen is that all diplomas in DC will get a devaluation
“I am Shocked! Shocked, I say.”
Not so long ago a Washington DC public high school graduate sued or tried to sue the DC Board of Ed. A straight A student and valedictorian he discovered after his first year in college (how he got there is another story) that he was ill prepared for ANY college level course. All the praise and inflated grades bestowed upon him to elevate his self-esteem had less than ZERO value in the almost real world.
Funny that home rule thing. Before home rule, DC public schools ranked very high nationally, most notably having one of the highest minority public HS graduation rates.
Now the joke among local educators is “a degree from DC means Don’t Count.”