Are additional training programs mandatory or optional for Kidokinetics franchisees?
Kidokinetics Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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- Offer from time to time, in our sole discretion, mandatory or optional additional training programs. If we require it, you must attend any mandatory additional training for up to 5 days each year at a location we designate. You must pay our then-current additional training fees (currently $500 per person per day). You must pay for your travel, transportation, lodging, meals and other expenses to attend any mandatory training program (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.5).
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- Schedule, in our discretion, a national business meeting or convention for up to 3 days per year at a location we designate. If we schedule any national business meeting or convention, you must attend and you must pay us a registration fee per attendee as we designate. You are also responsible for paying for your transportation, lodging, meals and other expenses to attend any national business meeting or convention (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.5).
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- Upon your request, or as we determine to be appropriate, provide remedial on-site training and assistance at your premises. If you request on-site remedial training, we may charge a per diem fee, currently $500 per person per day, for the services of our trainer.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 26–34)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Kidokinetics's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, additional training programs can be either mandatory or optional. Kidokinetics will offer these programs at their discretion. If Kidokinetics requires a franchisee to attend mandatory additional training, the franchisee must attend for up to 5 days each year at a location Kidokinetics designates.
The franchisee is responsible for paying Kidokinetics's then-current additional training fees, which are currently $500 per person per day. In addition to the training fees, the franchisee must cover their own travel, transportation, lodging, meals, and other expenses to attend any mandatory training program.
Kidokinetics may also require franchisees, their owners, managers, and other employees to attend system-wide refresher or additional training courses, some of which may be optional, while others may be required. If a new principal owner is appointed, ownership is transferred, or a new manager is hired, that person must attend and successfully complete the initial training program. If Kidokinetics determines that a franchisee is not operating in compliance with the Franchise Agreement, they may require remedial training for the franchisee, their operating principal, manager, and other employees to address operational deficiencies.