Subject Area Entrepreneurship · Financial Literacy · Business Education

Grade Level Ages 8–12 · Grades 3–6 · Pre-CTE

Framework Referenced 19 TAC §127.275 Entrepreneurship I (Adopted 2023) · Texas CTE

About This Alignment

Boss Kid Build is a pre-secondary, CTE-adjacent entrepreneurship curriculum for learners ages 8–12. This page demonstrates how our 8-kit series aligns with §127.275 Entrepreneurship I — the current Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for entrepreneurship, adopted by the State Board of Education in 2023 and implemented statewide beginning with the 2024–25 school year as part of the Business, Marketing, and Finance Career Cluster.

In Entrepreneurship I, Texas students gain the knowledge and skills needed to become an entrepreneur in a free enterprise system — identifying business opportunities, determining the feasibility of an idea using research, and developing and presenting a business concept. Boss Kid Build develops age-appropriate foundations for these same knowledge statements, serving as a structured on-ramp that builds the vocabulary, mindsets, and hands-on experience students need years before they enroll in Texas CTE coursework.

Kit-by-Kit Alignment to §127.275

Citations reference the knowledge and skills statements of 19 TAC §127.275(c).

Kit & Stage	What Students Do	TEKS Foundations Built
Kit 1 · Find Your Big Idea DISCOVER	Spot personal strengths, map passions, find problems worth solving, and choose one Big Idea.	c(4) Entrepreneurial discovery — self-assessment of traits and strengths, characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, growth through self-reflection · c(5)(A) Identifying marketplace problems through ideation
Kit 2 · Know Your Customer DISCOVER	Identify a target customer, practice listening and empathy, and match the idea to real needs and wants.	c(5) Addressing market wants and needs — early market research and describing solutions for the marketplace problems identified · Understanding who the free enterprise system serves: the customer
Kit 3 · Build Your Brand BUILD	Create a business name, look, and message that communicates value to customers.	The goal of a business and its unique proposition — expressed as a name, look, and message a customer understands · Communicating a business concept clearly
Kit 4 · Make Your Product or Service BUILD	Plan, prototype, and refine a real product or service, including materials and quality checks.	c(5)(B)(C) Developing solutions and testing feasibility — a junior features-benefits-value analysis: what it does, why it helps, what it's worth · Product development basics from the course's core content
Kit 5 · Set Your Price LAUNCH	Calculate costs, understand profit, compare prices, and set a fair price with confidence.	Pricing policies, objectives, and strategies at foundation level — costs, profit, and fair pricing · The relationship between price and profit, experienced with real numbers
Kit 6 · Spread the Word LAUNCH	Build a simple marketing plan, craft persuasive messages, and choose where to reach customers.	Marketing basics from the course's core content — informing, persuading, and reminding customers · Connecting the unique proposition to the audience it serves
Kit 7 · Make Your First Sale LAUNCH	Practice the pitch, handle money, serve customers, and complete a real first sale.	Developing and presenting a business concept — the primary focus of Entrepreneurship I, lived at age-appropriate scale · First sales as the earliest key metrics of business success
Kit 8 · Lead & Level Up GROW	Reflect, set growth goals, practice leadership and teamwork, and plan what comes next for the business.	c(4)(C) Personal growth through self-reflection · c(6) Business-plan thinking — "My Business So Far" as a junior business plan · c(1)(K) Trustworthiness, responsibility & good citizenship in leadership

Woven Through Every Kit

Certain §127.275 foundations are not confined to a single kit — they are reinforced across the entire series:

TEKS Foundation	How Boss Kid Build Reinforces It
c(1) Professional standards & employability skills as required by business and industry	Every kit runs like a real job: sequenced tasks, signed commitment lines, Boss Kid Tips on professionalism, and a Certificate of Achievement earned by finishing the work.
c(1)(K) Virtues — trustworthiness, responsibility & good citizenship	Character is built into the Boss Kid identity: honest selling, keeping promises to customers, and follow-through are celebrated in every kit.
c(1)(J) Critical & analytical thinking when comparing business decisions	Gold numbered prompts and Top 3 summary pages push students to weigh options, choose, and explain their reasoning in every kit.
c(2) Understanding of entrepreneurship in a free enterprise system	Boss Words to Know pages build the entrepreneurship vocabulary of §127.275 one kit at a time, while students live the concepts in their own venture.

Who This Alignment Serves

§127.275 Entrepreneurship I (Adopted 2023) is published in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, Chapter 127, adopted by the State Board of Education and implemented beginning with the 2024–25 school year. Boss Kid Build is an independent curriculum publisher and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency or the State Board of Education. Alignment statements describe foundational, age-appropriate preparation for the cited knowledge and skills statements.

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