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Registration of Securities to be Offered to Employees Pursuant to an Employee Benefit Plan   —   Form S-8
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-8         Registration of Securities to be Offered to            4     17K 
                          Employees Pursuant to an Employee                      
                          Benefit Plan                                           
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion Gambrell Stolz                                 2     10K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Kpmg                                        1      6K 
 4: EX-25       Power of Attorney                                      1      4K 

S-8   —   Registration of Securities to be Offered to Employees Pursuant to an Employee Benefit Plan
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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 1995 

                                               REGISTRATION NO.: 33-____________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. 
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

     Georgia                              58-1098795
        (State or other jurisdiction      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)                                 

470 East Paces Ferry Road, N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN,
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN, 1991 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN  AND DIRECTOR 
AND OFFICER STOCK OPTION PLAN (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PLANS") 
(Full Title of the Plans) 

Agent for Service:                          With Copies to:                     
Henry B. Levi                               James C. Edenfield and              
Gambrell & Stolz                            Peter W. Pamplin                    
Suite 4300, One Peachtree Center            American Software, Inc.             
303 Peachtree Street, N. E.                 470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.     
Atlanta, Georgia 30308                      Atlanta, Georgia 30305              

Telephone Number of Agent for Service:  404/577-6000                            

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE 

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                                                                                                Proposed                       
                                                                           Proposed             Aggregate                      
                                                         Amount            Maximum              Offering Price     Amount of   
Title of Securities                                      to be             Offering Price       of Additional      Registration
to be Registered                                         Registered/1/     Per Share/2/         Shares/2  3/       Fee         
                                                                                                                               
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Class A Common Shares, Par Value $.10                    3,587,115 Shs.     $7.25               $3,625,000        $1,250       
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/1/Based upon the aggregate number of Shares presently authorized for           
issuance under the Plans, less shares already purchased pursuant to options     
granted under such Plans. Pursuant to General Instruction E, the                
registration fee is payable only with respect to the additional 500,000         
shares registered. The remaining shares were registered under Registration      
Statement Numbers 33-42017, 33-67010 and/or 33-83396.                           

/2/Based upon the closing price of the Class A Common Shares on NASDAQ          
National on August 31, 1995.                                                    

/3/Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee         
pursuant to Rule 457(g).                                                        

Exhibit Index Appears on Page 5 

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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E 

         The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-42017 on Form S-8, of the
   Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference thereto, except for Item 5
of Part II, which is revised as set forth below.  Such Registration     
   Statement related to the same stock option plans to which this Registration
  Statement relates.  This Registration Statement is being filed to register
additional securities, of the same class, registered under Registration 
Statement No. 33-42017.                                                 

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.                        
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       The firm of Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, Georgia, is general counsel to
  the Registrant. As of September 1, 1995, lawyers associated with that firm
owned or had options to purchase 27,892 Class A Common Shares of the    
  Registrant. David H. Gambrell and James R. McGuone, partners in that firm,
are a Director of the Registrant and Secretary of the Registrant,       
respectively.                                                           

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SIGNATURES

The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
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1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe        
that it meets all of the requirements for filing 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 Atlanta, State of          
Georgia, on September 6, 1995.                                                  

           AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.

              By: /s/ James C. Edenfield
                                     -------------------------------------------
                             James C. Edenfield, President and
                   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 dates indicated.                                          

Name                         Capacity                  Date             
----                         --------                  ----             
/s/ James C. Edenfield                                                          
----------------------     President, Chief Executive     September 6, 1995     
James C. Edenfield       Officer and Director                           

/s/ Thomas L. Newberry                                                          
----------------------     Chairman of the Board of       September 6, 1995     
Thomas L. Newberry       Directors                                      

/s/ David H. Gambrell                                                           
----------------------     Director                       September 6, 1995     
David H. Gambrell                                                       

/s/ Thomas R. Williams                                                          
----------------------     Director                       September 6, 1995     
Thomas R. Williams                                                      

/s/ Peter W. Pamplin                                                            
----------------------     Chief Accounting Officer       September 6, 1995     
Peter W. Pamplin         and Acting Chief Financial                     
Officer               

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EXHIBIT INDEX 

Exhibit No.             Description of Exhibit                      Page        
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5.1              Opinion of Gambrell & Stolz                      6       
regarding legality of Securities        

23.1             Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP                 8       

25               Power of Attorney                                4       

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