Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 50--Assemblymen 
    Krenzer, Freeman, Allard, Anderson, Arberry, 
    Bache, Batten, Bennett, Braunlin, Brower, 
    Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Close, de Braga, 
    Dini, Ernaut, Evans, Fettic, Giunchigliani, 
    Goldwater, Harrington, Hettrick, Humke, Lambert, 
    Manendo, Marvel, Monaghan, Neighbors, Nolan, 
    Ohrenschall, Perkins, Price, Sandoval, Schneider, 
    Segerblom, Spitler, Steel, Stroth, Tiffany, 
    Tripple and Williams

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ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Commending the Junior League of 
       Las Vegas for pursuing issues related to children.


  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las 
Vegas is an affiliate of the Association of Junior Leagues 
International, established in New York City in 1901; and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League is an organization 
dedicated to volunteerism and improving the community 
through the effective action and leadership of trained 
volunteers; and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las Vegas is 
committed to identifying and addressing the needs of the 
children of Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, The 1995 publication of the Junior 
League of Las Vegas titled \Focus on Nevada's 
Children\\ reveals through alarming statistics the 
critical problems of poverty, abuse and inadequate health 
care and education affecting the children of Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las Vegas 
reports that the infant mortality rate in Nevada rose from 
8.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1985 to 9.2 deaths per 
1,000 live births in 1991, while the national infant 
mortality rate fell from 10.6 to 8.9 deaths per 1,000 live 
births for the same period; and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las Vegas 
reports that Nevada ranks 50th in the nation in the amount 
of money spent on preschool education and that Nevada ranks 
35th in the nation in spending per pupil enrolled in public 
schools; and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las Vegas 
reports that almost 54 percent of children 2 years of age in 
Nevada were not fully immunized in 1992; and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las Vegas 
reports that the pregnancy rate of teenagers in Nevada is 
the second highest in the nation and that teenagers in 
Nevada attempt suicide at a rate twice the national average; 
and
  WHEREAS, The Junior League of Las Vegas, 
through its publication of \Focus on Nevada's 
Children\\ and its service to the community, has both 
publicized the problems confronting the children of Nevada 
and labored to alleviate them; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the members of the Junior 
League of Las Vegas are hereby commended for their 
commitment to children's issues and for bringing children's 
issues into the public forum; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the members of the 68th session 
of the Nevada Legislature recognize that the welfare of the 
children of Nevada is of the utmost importance to the future 
of our society; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the members of the 68th session 
of the Nevada Legislature recognize the need to address the 
critical problems of poverty, abuse and inadequate health 
care and education encountered by an alarming number of 
children in Nevada; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the members of the 68th session 
of the Nevada Legislature recognize that to address the 
critical problems facing the children of Nevada it is 
necessary to build strong families through the education of 
parents about parenting skills and the prevention of abuse 
and to strengthen existing laws and policies that protect 
children from abuse; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Junior 
League of Las Vegas.

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