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Entrepreneurship in North Carolina
These pages summarize rules to help you plan. They are not legal advice. Before you place students at a work site or change a program, check with your state agency, your district's counsel and your insurance carrier.
In short
North Carolina students take Entrepreneurship I and II for ESB and can log 120 on-the-job hours in WE11; whether a student-owned business can be the site is unsettled.
State program: Entrepreneurship (ENTR) pathway, Management and Entrepreneurship cluster: ME11, ME12 Honors, WE11; CIP not published
What a high school can deliver
ESB (ME12) and Venture Entrepreneurial Expedition (ME11) credentials and a 120-hour on-the-job entrepreneurial experience.
Credentials students can earn
ME12: Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ESB); ME11: Venture Entrepreneurial Expedition and a 100-item state post-assessment
Age and hour requirements
No LLC organizer age stated in statute; contract capacity starts at 18 (G.S. 48A-2).
Other agencies involved
Not found in state sources: no second agency or license named for this pathway.
Who can teach it
730 Marketing Education or 760 Business, Finance and Information Technology Education (bachelor's plus 2 years or associate plus 4); Initial CTE Restricted license; which area teaches ME11, ME12 and WE11, and whether self-employment counts: Confirm with the agency.
Child labor rules for work placements
Youth employment certificate for all employment under 18; a school enterprise that pays students handles permits and hours as for any student employee.
College credit after high school
ENTR carries Career and College Promise approval (tuition-free courses); matching college courses: Confirm with the agency.
Where to go next
- The full Entrepreneurship guide, showing North Carolina
- The North Carolina state profile
- Add this pathway to your plan
Entrepreneurship in other states
Other pathways in North Carolina
- Nurse Aide / Patient Care
- EMT
- Electrical
- Welding
- Construction and Carpentry
- HVAC/R
- Cybersecurity / Networking
- Programming / Computer Science
- Automotive
- Medical and Dental Assisting
- Cosmetology
- Agriculture
- Early Childhood Education
- Culinary and Hospitality
- Machining and Mechatronics
- Engineering and Drafting
- Firefighting
- Law, Public Safety and Corrections
- Business Management and Marketing
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