(110 ILCS 125/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Youth Crime Prevention Consortium Act. (Source: P.A. 90-129, eff. 1-1-98.)

(110 ILCS 125/5) Sec. 5. Educational consortium; formation. Notwithstanding any other law of this State, a university, college, or community college that is an "institution of higher learning" (as that term is defined in Section 10 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act) and that has a campus located in the same county as a campus of one or more other such institutions of higher learning may join with any of such other institutions of higher learning to form a consortium that operates to supply an educational component to a youth crime prevention program or programs organized by local communities in the county in which the institutions of higher learning that form the consortium are located. (Source: P.A. 90-129, eff. 1-1-98.)

(110 ILCS 125/10) Sec. 10. Authorized curriculum. An educational consortium established under this Act shall develop and implement a curriculum that offers one or more courses that a student at an institution of higher learning participating in the consortium may enroll in for academic credit from that institution. The course or courses shall be offered in disciplines normally associated with young people, their families, or the criminal justice system, and as part of each such course the student shall be required to provide adult mentoring and leadership to community youth during informal, safe opportunities organized by and in the local communities as part of their youth crime prevention programs. (Source: P.A. 90-129, eff. 1-1-98.)