Danville Area Community College hopes that by offering a brand new and unique class in the fall, it can provide skilled workers to fill jobs in Illinois’ burgeoning cannabis industry.
Sustainability Instructor George Hickman has developed a class called Cultivation and Compliance, SUST 121, that will teach students how to grow cannabis but without actually bringing any cannabis on campus.
“The course introduces key concepts and protocols associated with medicinal plant growth and distribution in Illinois,” Hickman said.
“We’re not growing it on campus,” DACC President Stephen Nacco said of cannabis. “In terms of teaching, though, the program is a lot bigger than growing something. It’s about being in compliance with the law. It’s about how to legally handle it, transport it and grow it.”
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