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Entrepreneurship in Missouri
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
Missouri teaches entrepreneurship as objectives inside Cluster 11 business programs; ESB's status on the state list and sales tax on school store sales are both unsettled.
State program: No stand-alone program; Entrepreneurship Objectives in Business Education, Cluster 11 (CIP and course codes: Confirm with the agency)
What a high school can deliver
ESB if DESE lists it, plus MOS or QuickBooks IRCs from the business list and school-based enterprise experience.
Credentials students can earn
Certiport ESB (claimed by Certiport; not on DESE's New System list; Previous System list: Confirm with the agency)
Age and hour requirements
No LLC organizer age stated in statute; contract capacity starts at 18.
Other agencies involved
None.
Who can teach it
Career Education Temporary Authorization Certificate (5 CSR 20-400.180): bachelor's plus 4,000 hours, associate plus 5,000, or 6,000 in 10 years; whether business and marketing assignments accept it: Confirm with the agency.
Child labor rules for work placements
No permit or hour limits at 16-17; work certificates only under 16.
College credit after high school
No statewide agreement; ESB ACE credit recommendation at colleges that honor ACE.
Where to go next
- The full Entrepreneurship guide, showing Missouri
- The Missouri state profile
- Add this pathway to your plan
Entrepreneurship in other states
Other pathways in Missouri
- 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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