Does Bor Restoration charge tuition for additional training seminars or programs?
Bor_Restoration Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
During the operation of your Business, BOR Franchising, LLC will,
- a. offer additional conferences, training seminars, or programs at a frequency we determine. Some of these seminars or programs may be mandatory, and we may charge tuition (Item 6 and Franchise Agreement, Section 5.3);
If one person passes training before opening and the second person attends training within 365 days of the Opening Date, the person must pass Initial Training to our satisfaction. If the person does not pass, they will be allowed to take it again at the next available class. There will be no tuition charged for this, but you will pay for travel, room, and board. If this person does not pass the second time, the person will not be permitted to provide any Services requiring completion of the Initial Training. Though the person may take the course for the third time, we will charge the then-current Additional Training Fee, and the person will pay for travel, room, and board.
If you wish for more than two people to attend Initial Training, you will pay our then-current Additional Training Fee for each additional trainee plus their travel, room, and board.
We do have a conference at which attendance is mandatory. You will pay the then-current Conference Fee for attendance (Item 6), and you are also responsible for paying all travel, room, board, and other expenses incurred. When it is known, you will be provided with the duration of a meeting, its location, the identities of those who will present information at the meeting, and the content of any information that will be delivered at that time. If you fail to attend, we may charge you the Mandatory Non-Attendance Fee. The conference will be held in a location to be determined by us.
In addition to the conference, and though we do not now, we have the right in the future to require your Principal Operator, Designated Manager, and you to attend a local or regional meeting up to two times per year. Though none is now charged, we reserve the right to charge tuition in the future. You, however, are always responsible for all travel and living expenses that are associated with attendance at the same. When it is known, you will be provided with the duration of such a meeting, as well as its location, the identities of those who will present information, and a statement of the content to be presented. The meetings will be held in a location to be determined by us.
Source: Item 11 — (FDD pages 22–28)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Bor Restoration's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bor Restoration may charge tuition for additional training seminars or programs offered after the initial training. Specifically, Bor Restoration will offer additional conferences, training seminars, or programs at a frequency they determine, and some of these may be mandatory with tuition fees.
If a person fails the initial training and is allowed to retake it, there will be no tuition charged for the second attempt, but the franchisee must cover travel, room, and board expenses. However, if the person fails the second time and takes the course a third time, Bor Restoration will charge the then-current Additional Training Fee, in addition to the franchisee covering travel, room, and board. Furthermore, if a franchisee wants more than two people to attend initial training, they will have to pay the then-current Additional Training Fee for each additional trainee, as well as cover their travel, room, and board.
Bor Restoration also has a mandatory conference that franchisees must attend, for which they must pay the then-current Conference Fee, as well as all travel, room, board, and other expenses. Bor Restoration also reserves the right to require the Principal Operator, Designated Manager, and the franchisee to attend local or regional meetings up to two times per year and reserves the right to charge tuition in the future for these meetings, while the franchisee is always responsible for all travel and living expenses associated with attendance.