As filed with the Securities and         Registration Number 33-____________
 Exchange on June 26, 2001.




                      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. 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
                                 (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
 Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.                Chief Financial Officer
    Twelve Wyandotte Plaza                    Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
 120 West 12th Street, Suite 1600           663 West Highway 60, P.O. Box 807
  Kansas City, Missouri  64105                    Monett, Missouri 65708


                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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

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

      Common Stock,    1,000,000     $28.76      $28,760,000      $7,190
      $.01 par value    shares

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

 (1) 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
     June 25, 2001.


<PAGE>
                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


 Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

      The  following  documents  filed  by  Jack  Henry  &  Associates,  Inc.
 ("Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are  incorporated
 by reference in this Registration Statement:

      a.   The Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed September
           27, 2000, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
           Act").

      b.   The Plan's Annual Report  on Form 11-K for  the fiscal year  ended
           December 31, 2000, filed on June 26, 2001.

      c.   All other reports  filed by  the Registrant  pursuant to  sections
           13(a) or 15(d)  of the Exchange  Act since the  end of the  fiscal
           year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above.

      d.   The description of  the Registrant's common  stock $.01 par  value
           per  share  (the  "Common  Stock")  which  is  contained  in   the
           registrant's registration statements filed under Section 12 of the
           Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose  of
           updating such descriptions.

 All documents  subsequently filed  by the  Registrant pursuant  to  Sections
 13(a), 13(c),  14 and  15(d) of  the Act,  prior to  the filing  of a  post-
 effective amendment to the registration  statement which indicates that  all
 of the shares of  common stock offered have  been sold or which  deregisters
 all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
 by reference in the registration statement and to be a part hereof from  the
 date of filing of such documents.


 Item 4.   Description of Securities.

      The Registrant's Common Stock has  been registered pursuant to  Section
 12 of the Act.


 Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Not applicable.


 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 $1,000,000 and fiduciary liability insurance  with
 a limit of $1,000,000.  The fiduciary liability insurance covers actions  of
 directors  and  officers   as  well  as   other  employees  with   fiduciary
 responsibilities under ERISA.


 Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

      Not applicable.    No  restricted  securities  have  been  or  will  be
 reoffered or resold pursuant to this Registration Statement.


 Item 8.   Exhibits.

      The exhibits to the  registration statement are  listed in the  Exhibit
 Index elsewhere herein.


 Item 9.   Undertakings.

      (1)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

           (a)  To  file,  during  any  period  in  which offers or sales are
                being made, a post-effective amendment  to this  registration
                statement:

                (i)  To include any prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3)
                     of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                     after the effective date  of the registration  statement
                     (or the  most recent  post-effective amendment  thereof)
                     which, individually  or in  the aggregate,  represent  a
                     fundamental change in the  information set forth in  the
                     registration statement;

                (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                     plan  of  distribution not previously  disclosed  in the
                     registration statement or  any material  change to  such
                     information in the registration statement;

                     Provided,  however,   that   paragraph   (a)(1)(i)   and
                     (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply  if the information  required
                     to be included  in a post-effective  amendment by  those
                     paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
                     registrant  pursuant  to  Section  13  or  Section 15(d)
                     of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  that   are
                     incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

           (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under  the
                Securities Act of  1933, each  such post-effective  amendment
                shall be deemed to be  a new registration statement  relating
                to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of  such
                securities at that  time shall be  deemed to  be the  initial
                bona fide offering thereof.

           (c)  To remove registration by means of a post-effective amendment
                any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
                the termination of the offering.

      (2)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
           determining any liability under the  Securities Act of 1933,  each
           filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
           or Section  15(d) of  the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934  (and,
           where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
           report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
           1934) that  is  incorporated  by  reference  in  the  registration
           statement shall  be  deemed to  be  a new  registration  statement
           relating to the  securities offered  herein, and  the offering  of
           such securities at  that time shall  be deemed to  be the  initial
           bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)  The undersigned registrant hereby  undertakes to deliver or  cause
           to be delivered with  the prospectus, to each  person to whom  the
           prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to  security
           holders that is  incorporated by reference  in the prospectus  and
           furnished pursuant to and meeting  the requirements of Rule  14a-3
           or Rule  14c-3 under  the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934;  and,
           where interim financial  information required to  be presented  by
           Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to
           deliver, or  cause to  be delivered  to each  person to  whom  the
           prospectus is sent or given, the  latest quarterly report that  is
           specifically  incorporated  by  reference  in  the  prospectus  to
           provide such interim financial information.

      (4)  Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
           Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
           controlling  persons  of the registrant pursuant to the provisions
           described in Item 6, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
           that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
           indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act
           and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that  a  claim for
           indemnification  against  such liabilities (other than the payment
           by  the registrant of  expenses incurred  or paid  by  a director,
           officer or controlling person of the  registrant in the successful
           defense of any action,  suit or proceedings) is  asserted  by such
           director,  officer  or controlling person  in  connection with the
           securities being  registered,  the registrant will, unless  in the
           opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled  by controlling
           precedent,  submit to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the
           question  whether  such indemnification  by it is  against  public
           policy as expressed in the Act and will  be  governed by the final
           adjudication of such issue.

<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
 June 26, 2001.

                                 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 Terry W. Thompson, 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        June 26, 2001
 --------------------   Executive Officer and
 Michael E. Henry       Director


 /s/ Terry W. Thompson  President, Chief Operating          June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  Officer
 Terry W. Thompson


 /s/ Kevin D. Williams  Chief Financial Officer             June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  (Principal Accounting Officer)
 Kevin D. Williams


 /s/ John W. Henry      Vice Chairman, Senior Vice          June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  President and Director
 John W. Henry


 /s/ Jerry D. Hall      Executive Vice President and        June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  Director
 Jerry D. Hall


 /s/ James J. Ellis     Director                            June 26, 2001
 ---------------------
 James J. Ellis


 /s/ Burton O. George   Director                            June 26, 2001
 ---------------------
 Burton O. George


 /s/ George R. Curry    Director                            June 26, 2001
 ---------------------
 George R. Curry



<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------


 Exhibit
 Number                             Exhibit
 -------                            -------
  5.1                Opinion of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C. as to the
                     legality of the securities

  5.2                Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter that the
                     Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal
                     Revenue Code*

  23.1               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP



 * The registrant  will submit or  has submitted the  Plan and any  amendment
 thereto to the Internal Revenue Service  ("IRS") in a timely manner and  has
 made or will make all changes  required by the IRS  in order to qualify  the
 Plan.
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As filed with the Securities and         Registration Number 33-____________
 Exchange on June 26, 2001.

                      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. 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
                                 (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
 Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.                Chief Financial Officer
    Twelve Wyandotte Plaza                    Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
 120 West 12th Street, Suite 1600           663 West Highway 60, P.O. Box 807
  Kansas City, Missouri  64105                    Monett, Missouri 65708

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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

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

      Common Stock,    1,000,000     $28.76      $28,760,000      $7,190
      $.01 par value    shares

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

 (1) 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
     June 25, 2001.
PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

      The  following  documents  filed  by  Jack  Henry  &  Associates,  Inc.
 ("Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are  incorporated
 by reference in this Registration Statement:

      a.   The Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed September
           27, 2000, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
           Act").

      b.   The Plan's Annual Report  on Form 11-K for  the fiscal year  ended
           December 31, 2000, filed on June 26, 2001.

      c.   All other reports  filed by  the Registrant  pursuant to  sections
           13(a) or 15(d)  of the Exchange  Act since the  end of the  fiscal
           year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above.

      d.   The description of  the Registrant's common  stock $.01 par  value
           per  share  (the  "Common  Stock")  which  is  contained  in   the
           registrant's registration statements filed under Section 12 of the
           Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose  of
           updating such descriptions.

 All documents  subsequently filed  by the  Registrant pursuant  to  Sections
 13(a), 13(c),  14 and  15(d) of  the Act,  prior to  the filing  of a  post-
 effective amendment to the registration  statement which indicates that  all
 of the shares of  common stock offered have  been sold or which  deregisters
 all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
 by reference in the registration statement and to be a part hereof from  the
 date of filing of such documents.

 Item 4.   Description of Securities.

      The Registrant's Common Stock has  been registered pursuant to  Section
 12 of the Act.

 Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Not applicable.

 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 $1,000,000 and fiduciary liability insurance  with
 a limit of $1,000,000.  The fiduciary liability insurance covers actions  of
 directors  and  officers   as  well  as   other  employees  with   fiduciary
 responsibilities under ERISA.

 Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

      Not applicable.    No  restricted  securities  have  been  or  will  be
 reoffered or resold pursuant to this Registration Statement.

 Item 8.   Exhibits.

      The exhibits to the  registration statement are  listed in the  Exhibit
 Index elsewhere herein.

 Item 9.   Undertakings.

      (1)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

           (a)  To  file,  during  any  period  in  which offers or sales are
                being made, a post-effective amendment  to this  registration
                statement:

                (i)  To include any prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3)
                     of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                     after the effective date  of the registration  statement
                     (or the  most recent  post-effective amendment  thereof)
                     which, individually  or in  the aggregate,  represent  a
                     fundamental change in the  information set forth in  the
                     registration statement;

                (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                     plan  of  distribution not previously  disclosed  in the
                     registration statement or  any material  change to  such
                     information in the registration statement;

                     Provided,  however,   that   paragraph   (a)(1)(i)   and
                     (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply  if the information  required
                     to be included  in a post-effective  amendment by  those
                     paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
                     registrant  pursuant  to  Section  13  or  Section 15(d)
                     of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  that   are
                     incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

           (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under  the
                Securities Act of  1933, each  such post-effective  amendment
                shall be deemed to be  a new registration statement  relating
                to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of  such
                securities at that  time shall be  deemed to  be the  initial
                bona fide offering thereof.

           (c)  To remove registration by means of a post-effective amendment
                any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
                the termination of the offering.

      (2)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
           determining any liability under the  Securities Act of 1933,  each
           filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
           or Section  15(d) of  the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934  (and,
           where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
           report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
           1934) that  is  incorporated  by  reference  in  the  registration
           statement shall  be  deemed to  be  a new  registration  statement
           relating to the  securities offered  herein, and  the offering  of
           such securities at  that time shall  be deemed to  be the  initial
           bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)  The undersigned registrant hereby  undertakes to deliver or  cause
           to be delivered with  the prospectus, to each  person to whom  the
           prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to  security
           holders that is  incorporated by reference  in the prospectus  and
           furnished pursuant to and meeting  the requirements of Rule  14a-3
           or Rule  14c-3 under  the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934;  and,
           where interim financial  information required to  be presented  by
           Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to
           deliver, or  cause to  be delivered  to each  person to  whom  the
           prospectus is sent or given, the  latest quarterly report that  is
           specifically  incorporated  by  reference  in  the  prospectus  to
           provide such interim financial information.

      (4)  Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
           Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
           controlling  persons  of the registrant pursuant to the provisions
           described in Item 6, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
           that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
           indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act
           and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that  a  claim for
           indemnification  against  such liabilities (other than the payment
           by  the registrant of  expenses incurred  or paid  by  a director,
           officer or controlling person of the  registrant in the successful
           defense of any action,  suit or proceedings) is  asserted  by such
           director,  officer  or controlling person  in  connection with the
           securities being  registered,  the registrant will, unless  in the
           opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled  by controlling
           precedent,  submit to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the
           question  whether  such indemnification  by it is  against  public
           policy as expressed in the Act and will  be  governed by the final
           adjudication of such issue.
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
 June 26, 2001.

                                 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 Terry W. Thompson, 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        June 26, 2001
 --------------------   Executive Officer and
 Michael E. Henry       Director

 /s/ Terry W. Thompson  President, Chief Operating          June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  Officer
 Terry W. Thompson

 /s/ Kevin D. Williams  Chief Financial Officer             June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  (Principal Accounting Officer)
 Kevin D. Williams

 /s/ John W. Henry      Vice Chairman, Senior Vice          June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  President and Director
 John W. Henry

 /s/ Jerry D. Hall      Executive Vice President and        June 26, 2001
 ---------------------  Director
 Jerry D. Hall

 /s/ James J. Ellis     Director                            June 26, 2001
 ---------------------
 James J. Ellis

 /s/ Burton O. George   Director                            June 26, 2001
 ---------------------
 Burton O. George

 /s/ George R. Curry    Director                            June 26, 2001
 ---------------------
 George R. Curry
EXHIBIT INDEX
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 Exhibit
 Number                             Exhibit
 -------                            -------
  5.1                Opinion of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C. as to the
                     legality of the securities

  5.2                Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter that the
                     Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal
                     Revenue Code*

  23.1               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

 * The registrant  will submit or  has submitted the  Plan and any  amendment
 thereto to the Internal Revenue Service  ("IRS") in a timely manner and  has
 made or will make all changes  required by the IRS  in order to qualify  the
 Plan.