As filed with the Securities and         Registration Number 33-____________
 Exchange on December 6, 2002.



                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                          The Securities Act of 1933

                        JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

             Delaware                                  43-1128385
 (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer)
 incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                      663 West Highway 60, P.O. Box 807
                           Monett, Missouri  65708
                               (417) 235-6652
 (Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
               of Registrant's principal executive offices)

                           ------------------------

       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
                           (Full title of the plan)

                           ------------------------
      Michael E. Henry, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
                        JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
                        663 Highway 60, P.O. Box 807,
                           Monett, Missouri  65708
                                (417) 235-6652
           (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                                 Copies to:
   Robert T. Schendel, Esq.                       Mr. Kevin D. Williams
        General Counsel                          Chief Financial Officer
 Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.                Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
    10910 West 87th Street                  663 West Highway 60, P.O. Box 807
     Lenexa, Kansas  66214                        Monett, Missouri 65708



                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

   =========================================================================

                                    Proposed       Proposed
                       Amount       maximum        Maximum
     Title of           to be       offering       aggregate      Amount of
   securities to     registered     price per      offering     registration
   be registered         (1)        share (2)      price (2)         fee
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Common Stock,      9,000,000       $12.63   $113,670,000.00   $10,457.64
   $.01 par value       shares

   =========================================================================

   (1) Includes  such indeterminate  number of additional shares  as may  be
       issuable  upon  future  stock   splits,  stock dividends  or  similar
       transactions under antidilution provision of the Plan.

   (2) Estimated  pursuant  to   Rule  457(c)  solely for  the  purpose   of
       calculating the registration  fee on the  basis of the average of the
       high and low  price of the Registrant's common stock on the  National
       Association of  Securities Dealers, Inc.  Automated Quotation  System
       ("NASDAQ") on December 3, 2002.

<PAGE>

              INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

      This Registration Statement is filed with respect to an increase in the
 number of shares in the Plan, for which an effective Registration  Statement
 on Form S-8 was previously filed.  Under General Instruction E, the contents
 of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Jack Henry &  Associates,
 Inc. with  the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (File  No.  333-16989)
 pursuant to the Securities  Act of 1933, as  amended, on November 27,  1996,
 including the  exhibits thereto,  are incorporated  by reference  into  this
 Registration Statement, with the  exception of Item 6  of Part II, which  is
 restated in full as follows.


                                   PART II

 Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      Section 145  of  the  Delaware General  Corporation  Law  (the  "DGCL")
 permits a corporation to indemnify any of its directors or officers who  was
 or is  a party  or is  threatened to  be made  a party  to any  third  party
 proceeding by reason of the fact  that such person is  or was a director  or
 officer of the  corporation, against expenses  (including attorneys'  fees),
 judgments, fines  and amounts  paid in  settlement actually  and  reasonably
 incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or  proceeding,
 if such person acted in  good faith and in  a manner such person  reasonably
 believed to be in or not opposed  to the best interests of the  corporation,
 and, with respect to  any criminal action or  proceeding, had no  reasonable
 cause to believe that such person's  conduct was unlawful.  In a  derivative
 action, i.e., one by or  in the right of  a corporation, the corporation  is
 permitted to indemnify  any of its  directors or  officers against  expenses
 (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such  person
 in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if  such
 person acted in good faith and  in a manner such person reasonably  believed
 to be in or  not opposed to  the best interests  of the corporation,  except
 that no  indemnification  shall be  made  if  such person  shall  have  been
 adjudged liable to the corporation, unless  and only to the extent that  the
 court in  which  such  action  or suit  was  brought  shall  determine  upon
 application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to  indemnity
 for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.

      Article Eleventh  of  the  Registrant's  Certificate  of  Incorporation
 provides for indemnification  of directors  and officers  of the  Registrant
 against liability they may incur in their capacities as such to the  fullest
 extent permitted by the DGCL.

      The Registrant  has entered  into indemnification  agreements with  its
 directors and officers.  Pursuant to  such agreements, the Registrant  will,
 to the extent permitted  by applicable law,  indemnify such persons  against
 all expenses incurred in  connection with the defense  or settlement of  any
 proceeding brought  against  them by  reason  of  the fact  that  they  were
 directors or officers of the Registrant.

      The  Registrant  has  in  effect  directors'  and  officers'  liability
 insurance with a limit of $5,000,000 and fiduciary liability insurance  with
 a limit of $2,000,000.  The fiduciary liability insurance covers actions  of
 directors  and  officers   as  well  as   other  employees  with   fiduciary
 responsibilities under ERISA.


<PAGE>

                                  SIGNATURES
                                  ----------

      Pursuant to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
 Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
 all of the  requirements for filing  on Form S-8  and has  duly caused  this
 registration statement  to  be signed  on  its behalf  by  the  undersigned,
 thereunto duly authorized,  in the  City of  Monett, State  of Missouri,  on
 December 6, 2002.

                               JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.,
                               Registrant



                               By: /s/Michael E. Henry
                               -----------------------------------------
                               Michael E. Henry, Chief Executive Officer



      Pursuant to  the  requirements of  the  Securities Act  of  1933,  this
 registration statement  has been  signed by  the  following persons  in  the
 capacities and on the date indicated.

      The undersigned directors and officers of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
 each hereby constitute Michael E. Henry  and Kevin D. Williams, and each  of
 them, as our true and lawful attorneys with  full power to sign any and  all
 amendments to this Registration Statement in our names and in the capacities
 indicated below, to enable Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. to comply with  the
 requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements
 of the Securities and Exchange  Commission, hereby ratifying and  confirming
 our signatures as they may be signed by  said attorneys, or any of them,  on
 any and all amendments to this Registration Statement.



 /s/Michael E. Henry    Chairman of the Board, Chief             Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   Executive Officer and Director
 Michael E. Henry


 /s/Terry W. Thompson   President                                Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 Terry W. Thompson


 /s/Kevin D. Williams   Chief Financial Officer                  Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)
 Kevin D. Williams


 /s/John W. Henry       Vice Chairman, Senior Vice               Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   President and Director
 John W. Henry


 /s/Jerry D. Hall       Executive Vice President and             Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   Director
 Jerry D. Hall


 /s/James J. Ellis      Director                                 Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 James J. Ellis


 /s/Burton O. George    Director                                 Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 Burton O. George


 /s/George R. Curry     Director                                 Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 George R. Curry

<PAGE>


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------
 Exhibit
 Number                             Exhibit
 -------                            -------
  5.1                Opinion of General Counsel Robert T. Schendel as to the
                     legality of the securities


  23.1               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP


  24.1               Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of
                     this registration statement)
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As filed with the Securities and         Registration Number 33-____________
 Exchange on December 6, 2002.

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                          The Securities Act of 1933

                        JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

             Delaware                                  43-1128385
 (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer)
 incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                      663 West Highway 60, P.O. Box 807
                           Monett, Missouri  65708
                               (417) 235-6652
 (Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
               of Registrant's principal executive offices)

                           ------------------------

       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
                           (Full title of the plan)

                           ------------------------
      Michael E. Henry, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
                        JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
                        663 Highway 60, P.O. Box 807,
                           Monett, Missouri  65708
                                (417) 235-6652
           (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                                 Copies to:
   Robert T. Schendel, Esq.                       Mr. Kevin D. Williams
        General Counsel                          Chief Financial Officer
 Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.                Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
    10910 West 87th Street                  663 West Highway 60, P.O. Box 807
     Lenexa, Kansas  66214                        Monett, Missouri 65708

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

   =========================================================================

                                    Proposed       Proposed
                       Amount       maximum        Maximum
     Title of           to be       offering       aggregate      Amount of
   securities to     registered     price per      offering     registration
   be registered         (1)        share (2)      price (2)         fee
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Common Stock,      9,000,000       $12.63   $113,670,000.00   $10,457.64
   $.01 par value       shares

   =========================================================================

   (1) Includes  such indeterminate  number of additional shares  as may  be
       issuable  upon  future  stock   splits,  stock dividends  or  similar
       transactions under antidilution provision of the Plan.

   (2) Estimated  pursuant  to   Rule  457(c)  solely for  the  purpose   of
       calculating the registration  fee on the  basis of the average of the
       high and low  price of the Registrant's common stock on the  National
       Association of  Securities Dealers, Inc.  Automated Quotation  System
       ("NASDAQ") on December 3, 2002.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

      This Registration Statement is filed with respect to an increase in the
 number of shares in the Plan, for which an effective Registration  Statement
 on Form S-8 was previously filed.  Under General Instruction E, the contents
 of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Jack Henry &  Associates,
 Inc. with  the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (File  No.  333-16989)
 pursuant to the Securities  Act of 1933, as  amended, on November 27,  1996,
 including the  exhibits thereto,  are incorporated  by reference  into  this
 Registration Statement, with the  exception of Item 6  of Part II, which  is
 restated in full as follows.

                                   PART II

 Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      Section 145  of  the  Delaware General  Corporation  Law  (the  "DGCL")
 permits a corporation to indemnify any of its directors or officers who  was
 or is  a party  or is  threatened to  be made  a party  to any  third  party
 proceeding by reason of the fact  that such person is  or was a director  or
 officer of the  corporation, against expenses  (including attorneys'  fees),
 judgments, fines  and amounts  paid in  settlement actually  and  reasonably
 incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or  proceeding,
 if such person acted in  good faith and in  a manner such person  reasonably
 believed to be in or not opposed  to the best interests of the  corporation,
 and, with respect to  any criminal action or  proceeding, had no  reasonable
 cause to believe that such person's  conduct was unlawful.  In a  derivative
 action, i.e., one by or  in the right of  a corporation, the corporation  is
 permitted to indemnify  any of its  directors or  officers against  expenses
 (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such  person
 in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if  such
 person acted in good faith and  in a manner such person reasonably  believed
 to be in or  not opposed to  the best interests  of the corporation,  except
 that no  indemnification  shall be  made  if  such person  shall  have  been
 adjudged liable to the corporation, unless  and only to the extent that  the
 court in  which  such  action  or suit  was  brought  shall  determine  upon
 application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to  indemnity
 for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.

      Article Eleventh  of  the  Registrant's  Certificate  of  Incorporation
 provides for indemnification  of directors  and officers  of the  Registrant
 against liability they may incur in their capacities as such to the  fullest
 extent permitted by the DGCL.

      The Registrant  has entered  into indemnification  agreements with  its
 directors and officers.  Pursuant to  such agreements, the Registrant  will,
 to the extent permitted  by applicable law,  indemnify such persons  against
 all expenses incurred in  connection with the defense  or settlement of  any
 proceeding brought  against  them by  reason  of  the fact  that  they  were
 directors or officers of the Registrant.

      The  Registrant  has  in  effect  directors'  and  officers'  liability
 insurance with a limit of $5,000,000 and fiduciary liability insurance  with
 a limit of $2,000,000.  The fiduciary liability insurance covers actions  of
 directors  and  officers   as  well  as   other  employees  with   fiduciary
 responsibilities under ERISA.
SIGNATURES
                                  ----------

      Pursuant to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
 Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
 all of the  requirements for filing  on Form S-8  and has  duly caused  this
 registration statement  to  be signed  on  its behalf  by  the  undersigned,
 thereunto duly authorized,  in the  City of  Monett, State  of Missouri,  on
 December 6, 2002.

                               JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.,
                               Registrant

                               By: /s/Michael E. Henry
                               -----------------------------------------
                               Michael E. Henry, Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant to  the  requirements of  the  Securities Act  of  1933,  this
 registration statement  has been  signed by  the  following persons  in  the
 capacities and on the date indicated.

      The undersigned directors and officers of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
 each hereby constitute Michael E. Henry  and Kevin D. Williams, and each  of
 them, as our true and lawful attorneys with  full power to sign any and  all
 amendments to this Registration Statement in our names and in the capacities
 indicated below, to enable Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. to comply with  the
 requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements
 of the Securities and Exchange  Commission, hereby ratifying and  confirming
 our signatures as they may be signed by  said attorneys, or any of them,  on
 any and all amendments to this Registration Statement.

 /s/Michael E. Henry    Chairman of the Board, Chief             Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   Executive Officer and Director
 Michael E. Henry

 /s/Terry W. Thompson   President                                Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 Terry W. Thompson

 /s/Kevin D. Williams   Chief Financial Officer                  Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)
 Kevin D. Williams

 /s/John W. Henry       Vice Chairman, Senior Vice               Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   President and Director
 John W. Henry

 /s/Jerry D. Hall       Executive Vice President and             Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------   Director
 Jerry D. Hall

 /s/James J. Ellis      Director                                 Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 James J. Ellis

 /s/Burton O. George    Director                                 Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 Burton O. George

 /s/George R. Curry     Director                                 Dec. 6, 2002
 --------------------
 George R. Curry
EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------
 Exhibit
 Number                             Exhibit
 -------                            -------
  5.1                Opinion of General Counsel Robert T. Schendel as to the
                     legality of the securities

  23.1               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

  24.1               Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of
                     this registration statement)