Does Engineering For Kids have the right to specify security systems for franchisees?
Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ght to charge a reasonable fee for additional personnel attending training, or for re-training persons who are repeating the course or replacing a person who did not pass. For all training, including initial training, you are responsible for any travel expenses, living expenses, wages, and other expenses incurred by your trainees.
6. OPERATIONS
6.1. Compliance with Standards and System Changes
You agree to comply with all mandatory standards, specifications and operating procedures set forth from time to time in our Manual. You acknowledge that the services and operation of your Franchised Business, accounting practices, record keeping and reporting practices, and software are important to us and our other franchisees. However, you acknowledge that we have the right to vary our standards and specifications, in our reasonable judgment, to accommodate circumstances of individual franchisees. We have the right from time to time to change or modify the System, including modifications to the Manual, the Programs, Proprietary Materials, curriculum, approved suppliers, the required equipment, the signage, and other aspects of the Franchised Business, the adoption of new administrative forms and methods of reporting and payment of any monies owed to us (including electronic means of reporting and payment). You agree to accept and implement any such changes or modifications to the System as if they were a part of the System at the time this Agreement was signed, and you will make such expenditures as the changes or modifications in the System may reasonably require. However, if any discontinued portion of the System, could pose a hazard to the public or prove detrimental to the System, you must cease selling that item or offering that service immediately.
6.2. Programs and Services You May Offer
You may offer customers only the Programs and other products and services that we have expressly authorized in writing for Engineering For Kids Businesses to offer, as further provided in Section 7 of this Agreement. We may make this designation in the Manual or otherwise in writing.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 53–138)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
Based on the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Engineering For Kids retains the right to modify the System that franchisees must adhere to. This includes the right to vary standards and specifications, including modifications to the Manual, Programs, Proprietary Materials, curriculum, approved suppliers, the required equipment, the signage, and other aspects of the Franchised Business. Franchisees must accept and implement these changes, making any expenditures reasonably required to comply. This suggests Engineering For Kids could potentially mandate specific security systems as part of the required equipment or standards for the Franchised Business.
Engineering For Kids also has the right to designate or approve the products and services franchisees may offer. They can change the authorized Programs, Proprietary Materials, and other curricula, products, and services, with educational programs in math, science, technology, and engineering remaining a core offering. This control over offerings, combined with the ability to set operational standards, could extend to dictating security measures if Engineering For Kids deems it necessary for the brand's operation and customer safety.
While the FDD excerpts do not explicitly state that Engineering For Kids will specify security systems, the broad rights retained by Engineering For Kids to modify the System and set operational standards imply that they could potentially mandate specific security systems for franchisees in the future. Prospective franchisees should clarify with Engineering For Kids whether there are any current requirements or anticipated changes regarding security systems to fully understand their obligations and potential costs.