State Standards Alignment Library
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Standards Alignment Library
See how the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to your state's education standards — plus national frameworks for entrepreneurship and core academics.
Click a gold state to view its alignment page.
Alignment available Coming soon
Smaller Northeast states
Boss Kid Build is a pre-CTE entrepreneurship curriculum for learners ages 8–12, designed as the on-ramp to high school Career & Technical Education. Each alignment guide maps all 8 kits — from Find Your Big Idea through Lead & Level Up — to the official standards framework named on the page. Prefer a list? Every alignment is linked below as well.
State Alignments
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Alabama Aligned to the 2021 Alabama Course of Study (CTE): Business Management & Administration — foundational standards plus topic-grouped content standards. View the Alabama Alignment → |
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Alaska Aligned to DEED's Business Management & Administration cluster, built on the Common Career Technical Core and Alaska Employability Standards. View the Alaska Alignment → |
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Arizona Aligned to ADE's Entrepreneurship program (52.1800.50) and its numbered CTE Technical Standards, validated by the Arizona CTE Quality Commission. View the Arizona Alignment → |
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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. View the Arkansas Alignment → |
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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. View the California Alignment → |
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Colorado Aligned to Colorado CTE's Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Finance program — MBA Research and NBEA entrepreneurship standards, with the ESB credential. View the Colorado Alignment → |
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Connecticut Aligned to CSDE's Business Management & Administration, Finance, and Marketing clusters — the MBA Research Standards, which integrate entrepreneurship across all business clusters. View the Connecticut Alignment → |
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Delaware Aligned to DDOE's Business, Finance & Marketing state-model Programs of Study and the Delaware Pathways framework. View the Delaware Alignment → |
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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. View the Florida Alignment → |
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Georgia Aligned to the CTAE Georgia Standards of Excellence — from elementary career awareness through the high school Entrepreneurship pathway. View the Georgia Alignment → |
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Hawaii Aligned to the Hawaiʻi Career Pathway System Business Pathway — Content & Performance Standards and the capstone Performance-Based Assessment. View the Hawaii Alignment → |
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Idaho Aligned to IDCTE's Business & Marketing Education programs — Business Management & Administration and Marketing, with numbered Idaho Content and Performance Standards. View the Idaho Alignment → |
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Illinois Aligned to ISBE's Finance & Business Services area — the Business, Marketing & Computer Education Content Standards and a dedicated Entrepreneurship course. View the Illinois Alignment → |
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Indiana Aligned to Indiana's Business, Marketing, IT & Entrepreneurship area and Next Level Programs of Study (Principles → Concentrator → Capstone). View the Indiana Alignment → |
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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. View the Iowa Alignment → |
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Kansas Aligned to KSDE's Business Management & Entrepreneurship Pathway (52.0799) — course competencies and Kansas Career Ready Practices. View the Kansas Alignment → |
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Kentucky Aligned to KDE's Management and Entrepreneurship pathway (CIP 52.0701.00) — CTE Academic & Employability plus occupational pathway standards. View the Kentucky Alignment → |
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Louisiana Aligned to Bulletin 128 — Entrepreneurship Content Standards, with pathways into Louisiana's Jump Start CTE credential system. View the Louisiana Alignment → |
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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. View the Maine Alignment → |
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Maryland Aligned to MSDE's Business, Management & Finance cluster — the Management & Entrepreneurship courses that build an entrepreneurial mindset. View the Maryland Alignment → |
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Massachusetts Aligned to DESE's Business Technology framework and the Management & Entrepreneurship strand that runs across every Massachusetts Chapter 74 CTE program. View the Massachusetts Alignment → |
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Michigan Aligned to MDE-OCTE's Management & Entrepreneurship cluster — CIP-specific program standards (knowledge/skill statements, performance elements, indicators). View the Michigan Alignment → |
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Minnesota Aligned to MDE's Business, Marketing & Information Technology program area, covering entrepreneurship, management, marketing, and finance. View the Minnesota Alignment → |
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Mississippi Aligned to the MDE/RCU Business, Marketing & Finance pathway and the 2024 National Career Clusters (Management & Entrepreneurship), with the ESB credential. View the Mississippi Alignment → |
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Missouri Aligned to Missouri DESE's Career Cluster #11 (Management and Entrepreneurship) and DESE Business Education competency profiles. View the Missouri Alignment → |
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Montana Aligned to Montana OPI's Business & Marketing Education program and the Montana CTE Content Standards (effective 2021). View the Montana Alignment → |
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Nebraska Aligned to NDE's Business, Marketing & Management career field — the Entrepreneurship program of study and its coded BMM.HS standards. View the Nebraska Alignment → |
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Nevada Aligned to NDE's Management & Entrepreneurship cluster and Business Management program (coded BMGMT standards) plus Employability Skills for Career Readiness. View the Nevada Alignment → |
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New Hampshire Aligned to NHED's dedicated Entrepreneurship program plus Business and Marketing — featuring student-run enterprises within the National Career Clusters Framework. View the New Hampshire Alignment → |
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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. View the New Jersey Alignment → |
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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. View the New Mexico Alignment → |
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New York Aligned to NYSED's Business & Marketing Education program and the CDOS Learning Standards, including the Career & Financial Management framework. View the New York Alignment → |
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North Carolina Aligned to NCDPI's Marketing & Entrepreneurship area — Entrepreneurship I (ME11/8716) and its coded CTE Essential Standards. View the North Carolina Alignment → |
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North Dakota Aligned to NDCTE's Business & Marketing Education content standards — dedicated Entrepreneurship and Principles of Entrepreneurship courses. View the North Dakota Alignment → |
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Ohio Aligned to ODEW's Business & Administrative Services career field — Strand 1 Business Operations, including the Business Literacy and Entrepreneurship outcomes. View the Ohio Alignment → |
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Oklahoma Aligned to Oklahoma CareerTech's BMITE entrepreneurship courses and the MBA Research instructional areas its curriculum is built on. View the Oklahoma Alignment → |
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Oregon Aligned to ODE's Business & Management Career Learning Area and the industry-validated Oregon Skill Sets. View the Oregon Alignment → |
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Pennsylvania Aligned to PDE's Programs of Study by CIP — Competency Task Grids crosswalked to PA Core and the National Career Clusters framework. View the Pennsylvania Alignment → |
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Rhode Island Aligned to RIDE's Business and Marketing career fields — the CTE Program Industry-Specific Standards, with entrepreneurship and school-based enterprise. View the Rhode Island Alignment → |
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South Carolina Aligned to the SCDE Entrepreneurship course and South Carolina's modernized Management & Entrepreneurship and Marketing & Sales clusters. View the South Carolina Alignment → |
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South Dakota Aligned to SD DOE's Business Management & Administration and Marketing clusters and Career Readiness standards (modernizing to Management & Entrepreneurship in 2027). View the South Dakota Alignment → |
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Tennessee Aligned to the TDOE Entrepreneurship program of study — idea generation through business plan, pitch, and a student-led practicum. View the Tennessee Alignment → |
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Texas Aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) — §127.275 Entrepreneurship I. TEFA-approved vendor. View the Texas TEKS Alignment → |
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Utah Aligned to Utah's CTE Entrepreneurship Strands and Standards — from entrepreneurial characteristics and growth mindset through the marketing mix and business-plan thinking. View the Utah Alignment → |
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Vermont Aligned to the Vermont AOE Business program — proficiency-based standards derived from the Advance CTE Common Career Technical Core (CCTC). View the Vermont Alignment → |
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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. View the Virginia Alignment → |
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Washington Aligned to OSPI's Business & Marketing program area — OSPI-approved curriculum frameworks plus CTE Core Leadership & Employability Skills. View the Washington Alignment → |
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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. View the Washington, DC Alignment → |
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West Virginia Aligned to WVDE's dedicated Entrepreneurship & Innovation pathway — College- & Career-Readiness Programs of Study delivered through the Simulated Workplace model. View the West Virginia Alignment → |
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Wisconsin Aligned to DPI's Marketing, Management & Entrepreneurship (MME) discipline — 2024 standards that call for entrepreneurship from the elementary grades onward. View the Wisconsin Alignment → |
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Wyoming Aligned to the Wyoming Career & Vocational Education Content and Performance Standards — with direct coverage of Wyoming's Grade 5 and Grade 8 benchmarks. View the Wyoming Alignment → |
National Frameworks
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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. View the National Standards Alignment → |
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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. View the Common Core Alignment → |
Every state is covered.
Boss Kid Build now offers a dedicated CTE standards alignment for all 50 states and Washington, DC. If you're an ESA family, program director, or district leader who would like a copy of your state's alignment guide — or want to talk about bringing Boss Kid Build to your program — email hello@bosskidbuild.com.
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