Alabama

Aligned to the 2021 Alabama Course of Study (CTE): Business Management & Administration — foundational standards plus topic-grouped content standards.

Alaska

Aligned to DEED's Business Management & Administration cluster, built on the Common Career Technical Core and Alaska Employability Standards.

Arizona

Aligned to ADE's Entrepreneurship program (52.1800.50) and its numbered CTE Technical Standards, validated by the Arizona CTE Quality Commission.

Arkansas

Aligned to the Arkansas DCTE Management & Entrepreneurship and Marketing & Sales clusters — the National Career Clusters Framework pathways and Career-Ready Practices Arkansas CTE is built on.

California

Aligned to the CDE Marketing, Sales & Service sector — the Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment pathway (C1.0–C5.0) and California's Standards for Career Ready Practice.

Colorado

Aligned to Colorado CTE's Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Finance program — MBA Research and NBEA entrepreneurship standards, with the ESB credential.

Connecticut

Aligned to CSDE's Business Management & Administration, Finance, and Marketing clusters — the MBA Research Standards, which integrate entrepreneurship across all business clusters.

Delaware

Aligned to DDOE's Business, Finance & Marketing state-model Programs of Study and the Delaware Pathways framework.

Florida

Aligned to Florida's Entrepreneurship program (8812100) in the Business Management & Administration cluster — numbered program standards, a school-based enterprise, and Career-Ready Practices.

Georgia

Aligned to the CTAE Georgia Standards of Excellence — from elementary career awareness through the high school Entrepreneurship pathway.

Hawaii

Aligned to the Hawaiʻi Career Pathway System Business Pathway — Content & Performance Standards and the capstone Performance-Based Assessment.

Idaho

Aligned to IDCTE's Business & Marketing Education programs — Business Management & Administration and Marketing, with numbered Idaho Content and Performance Standards.

Illinois

Aligned to ISBE's Finance & Business Services area — the Business, Marketing & Computer Education Content Standards and a dedicated Entrepreneurship course.

Indiana

Aligned to Indiana's Business, Marketing, IT & Entrepreneurship area and Next Level Programs of Study (Principles → Concentrator → Capstone).

Iowa

Aligned to the Iowa Core 21st Century Skills — the Financial Literacy and Employability Skills strands every Iowa student builds K–12 — with a bridge into Iowa's Business, Finance, Marketing & Management CTE programs.

Kansas

Aligned to KSDE's Business Management & Entrepreneurship Pathway (52.0799) — course competencies and Kansas Career Ready Practices.

Kentucky

Aligned to KDE's Management and Entrepreneurship pathway (CIP 52.0701.00) — CTE Academic & Employability plus occupational pathway standards.

Louisiana

Aligned to Bulletin 128 — Entrepreneurship Content Standards, with pathways into Louisiana's Jump Start CTE credential system.

Maine

Aligned to Maine DOE's Business Studies area — the NBEA national standards for business management, finance, and marketing, within the National Career Clusters Framework.

Maryland

Aligned to MSDE's Business, Management & Finance cluster — the Management & Entrepreneurship courses that build an entrepreneurial mindset.

Massachusetts

Aligned to DESE's Business Technology framework and the Management & Entrepreneurship strand that runs across every Massachusetts Chapter 74 CTE program.

Michigan

Aligned to MDE-OCTE's Management & Entrepreneurship cluster — CIP-specific program standards (knowledge/skill statements, performance elements, indicators).

Minnesota

Aligned to MDE's Business, Marketing & Information Technology program area, covering entrepreneurship, management, marketing, and finance.

Mississippi

Aligned to the MDE/RCU Business, Marketing & Finance pathway and the 2024 National Career Clusters (Management & Entrepreneurship), with the ESB credential.

Missouri

Aligned to Missouri DESE's Career Cluster #11 (Management and Entrepreneurship) and DESE Business Education competency profiles.

Montana

Aligned to Montana OPI's Business & Marketing Education program and the Montana CTE Content Standards (effective 2021).

Nebraska

Aligned to NDE's Business, Marketing & Management career field — the Entrepreneurship program of study and its coded BMM.HS standards.

Nevada

Aligned to NDE's Management & Entrepreneurship cluster and Business Management program (coded BMGMT standards) plus Employability Skills for Career Readiness.

New Hampshire

Aligned to NHED's dedicated Entrepreneurship program plus Business and Marketing — featuring student-run enterprises within the National Career Clusters Framework.

New Jersey

Aligned to the NJDOE Business Management & Administration and Marketing clusters and NJSLS Career Readiness, Life Literacies & Key Skills — which begin in the elementary grades.

New Mexico

Aligned to New Mexico's CTE clusters and the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) — the standards NM programs of study master under NMAC 6.29.3.

New York

Aligned to NYSED's Business & Marketing Education program and the CDOS Learning Standards, including the Career & Financial Management framework.

North Carolina

Aligned to NCDPI's Marketing & Entrepreneurship area — Entrepreneurship I (ME11/8716) and its coded CTE Essential Standards.

North Dakota

Aligned to NDCTE's Business & Marketing Education content standards — dedicated Entrepreneurship and Principles of Entrepreneurship courses.

Ohio

Aligned to ODEW's Business & Administrative Services career field — Strand 1 Business Operations, including the Business Literacy and Entrepreneurship outcomes.

Oklahoma

Aligned to Oklahoma CareerTech's BMITE entrepreneurship courses and the MBA Research instructional areas its curriculum is built on.

Oregon

Aligned to ODE's Business & Management Career Learning Area and the industry-validated Oregon Skill Sets.

Pennsylvania

Aligned to PDE's Programs of Study by CIP — Competency Task Grids crosswalked to PA Core and the National Career Clusters framework.

Rhode Island

Aligned to RIDE's Business and Marketing career fields — the CTE Program Industry-Specific Standards, with entrepreneurship and school-based enterprise.

South Carolina

Aligned to the SCDE Entrepreneurship course and South Carolina's modernized Management & Entrepreneurship and Marketing & Sales clusters.

South Dakota

Aligned to SD DOE's Business Management & Administration and Marketing clusters and Career Readiness standards (modernizing to Management & Entrepreneurship in 2027).

Tennessee

Aligned to the TDOE Entrepreneurship program of study — idea generation through business plan, pitch, and a student-led practicum.

Texas

Aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) — §127.275 Entrepreneurship I. TEFA-approved vendor.

Utah

Aligned to Utah's CTE Entrepreneurship Strands and Standards — from entrepreneurial characteristics and growth mindset through the marketing mix and business-plan thinking.

Vermont

Aligned to the Vermont AOE Business program — proficiency-based standards derived from the Advance CTE Common Career Technical Core (CCTC).

Virginia

Aligned to VDOE's Business & Information Technology and Marketing program areas — competency-based task lists and a dedicated Entrepreneurship course, plus Workplace Readiness Skills.

Washington

Aligned to OSPI's Business & Marketing program area — OSPI-approved curriculum frameworks plus CTE Core Leadership & Employability Skills.

Washington, DC

Aligned to OSSE's Business Management & Administration and Marketing clusters — the Common Career Technical Core and Career-Ready Practices, with work-based learning in every course.

West Virginia

Aligned to WVDE's dedicated Entrepreneurship & Innovation pathway — College- & Career-Readiness Programs of Study delivered through the Simulated Workplace model.

Wisconsin

Aligned to DPI's Marketing, Management & Entrepreneurship (MME) discipline — 2024 standards that call for entrepreneurship from the elementary grades onward.

Wyoming

Aligned to the Wyoming Career & Vocational Education Content and Performance Standards — with direct coverage of Wyoming's Grade 5 and Grade 8 benchmarks.

National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education

Alignment to the 15 national standards published by EntreEd (the National Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education), spanning Entrepreneurial Skills, Ready Skills, and Business Functions — applicable in every state.

Common Core State Standards (ELA & Math)

How the kits build core academic skills — money math and operations, opinion and informative writing, and speaking & listening through the Boss Kid pitch.