Amendment to Executive Order 11155, Awards for Special Capability in Career and Technical Education

Executive Order 13697 of June 22, 2015

Amendment to Executive Order 11155, Awards for
Special Capability in Career and Technical Education

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered that section 2 of
Executive Order 11155 of May 23, 1964, as amended by
Executive Order 12158 of September 18, 1979, is further
amended by adding a new paragraph (6) to read as
follows:

``(6) In addition to the Presidential Scholars
provided for in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of this
section, the Commission may choose other Presidential
Scholars not exceeding twenty in any one year. These
Scholars shall be chosen at large, from the
jurisdictions referred to in paragraph (3), on the
basis of outstanding scholarship and demonstrated
ability and accomplishment in career and technical
education fields.''

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 22, 2015.