1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Friendly Schools Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Schools are shut down for an average of 29 days throughout the school year, which is 2 weeks longer than the typical American with paid leave has in paid holidays and vacation. (2) Moreover, 39 percent of all workers, and 80 percent of low-wage workers, lack access to any paid vacation time. (3) Most schools close at or around 3 p.m., 2 hours short of the standard full-time work day. (4) Fewer than 1/2 of elementary schools and fewer than 1/3 of low-income schools offer before and afterschool care. (5) In communities across the Nation, 1 in 5 school-aged children were unsupervised after school. (6) In 2014, parents of approximately 19,400,000 children who were not in an afterschool program said that their children would participate if a program were available. (7) If families pay out of pocket for child care to cover the excess school closure days and the hours between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., it would cost an average of $6,600 per year, or 9 percent of an average family’s income. (8) Moreover, 73 percent of families report some difficulty in finding summer care. (9) Many working parents are forced to make job-related changes during the summer. In 57 percent of families, at least one parent makes a change to their job that is likely to result in a smaller paycheck, and in nearly 1/3 of families, both parents make a job sacrifice. (10) The misalignment of school and work schedules creates a significant strain on working parents and guardians, particularly mothers and Black, Latino, low-income, and single working parents, and those with irregular schedules. (11) Misaligned school schedules cost the United States economy $55,000,000,000 in lost productivity annually. (12) 1,000,000 women with elementary school-aged children work less than full time because of their caregiving responsibilities. (13) More than 8 in 10 parents of children in afterschool programs agree that afterschool programs help working