This publication provides guidelines to aid administrators, counselors, and business teachers in developing business programs for North Carolina youth. Following a brief introduction, the second of ten sections relates a philosophy of business education to its implications for program development and guidance. Section 3 reviews North Carolina's history of business education. The fourth section discusses the challenges of providing programs in occupational awareness, occupational exploration, and occupational preparation. Section 5 suggests program planning guidelines for administrators and reviews the roles of the administrator, business teacher, youth organization, and the advisory committee. Instructional approaches and evaluation criteria are also outlined. In section 6, functions of guidance in the secondary schools are reviewed; roles and responsibilities of business teachers are discussed in section 7. In section 8, facilities and equipment for modernizing or planning are suggested. Section 9 provides information on the youth organization, Future Business Leaders of America. The final and major portion of the publication contains course guides for various business courses (e.g., accounting, business communications, business dynamics, and business law, etc.). Each guide contains the course description, level, prerequisites, objectives, content outline, sample teaching/learning activities, evaluation, instructional media, and instructional approaches. (CSS)