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**Executive Order of the President**

*Providing for the recognition of certain students as Presidential Scholars.*

**EXECUTIVE ORDER 11155**

WHEREAS it is necessary in the national interest that the Federal Government  encourage high attainment by students in secondary schools, both public and  private, throughout the Nation, and

WHEREAS *national recognition of scholastic attainments* will tend to  enhance the accomplishments of such students generally and their potential after graduation:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the  United States, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1.  There is hereby established the *Commission on Presidential Scholars* (hereinafter referred to as the Commission).  The Commission shall be composed of such members as the President may appoint from time to time from  among appropriately qualified citizens of the United States.  The person chosen each year, with the cooperation of the Office of Education, Department of  Health, Education and Welfare, as National Teacher of the Year shall be one of  the members of the Commission for a period terminating one year after the date  of his or her selection as National Teacher of the Year or at such earlier time as a next-succeeding National Teacher of the Year is chosen.  The President shall  designate one of the members as chairman of the Commission.  Members of the  Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the President and without compensation from the United States.

Section 2.  The Commission, in accordance with such standards and procedures as it may prescribe and on the basis of its independent judgment, shall annually choose Presidential Scholars, subject to the following:
                - The Presidential Scholars shall be chosen from among persons who  have recently been graduated, or are about to be graduated, from secondary  schools, public or private.  
                - They shall be chosen on the basis of their outstanding  scholarship.
                - One boy and one girl shall be chosen as Presidential Scholars from  each of the following, namely:- Each state of the United States.
- The District of Columbia.
- The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- The following collectively: American Samoa, Canal Zone, Guam, Virgin Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and, if the Commission in its discretion shall so determine, other places overseas.  In respect of the said other places overseas, only children whose parents are citizens of the United States shall be eligible to be chosen hereunder as Presidential Scholars from those places.

                - In addition to the 106 Presidential Scholars provided for in paragraph (3) above, the commission may choose other Presidential Scholars, not exceeding fifteen in number for any one year, to be chosen at large from the jurisdictions referred to in that paragraph.

Section 3.  This is hereby established the Presidential Scholars Medallion  which shall be of such design and material as the President shall approve and  shall be presented to each Presidential Scholar chosen by the Commission under  this order.

Section 4.  As necessary and subject to law, the Office of Education,  Department of Health, Education and Welfare, shall facilitate, or make  arrangements for facilitating the carrying out of the purposes of this order.

Lyndon B. JohnsonThe White House

May 23, 1964
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**Executive Order of the President**

*Awards for Special Capability in the Visual and Performing Arts and in Creative Writing*

**EXECUTIVE ORDER 12158**

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes  of the United States of America, Section 2 of Executive Order No. 11155 is  hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:

"(5) In addition to the Presidential Scholars provided for  in paragraph (3) and (4) above, 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 the  visual and performing arts or in creative writing."

Jimmy CarterThe White House

September 18, 1979
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**Executive Order of the President**

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

**EXECUTIVE ORDER 13697**

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."

Barack ObamaThe White House

June 22, 2015.
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