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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
"Rule 24f-2 Notice"
Fidelity School Street Trust
(Name of Registrant)
File No. 2-57167
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form Before preparing Form.
Please print or type.
1.
Name and address of issuer: Fidelity School Street Trust
82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA, 02109
2.
Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Spartan Bond Strategist
3.
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2676
Securities Act File Number: 2-57167
4.
Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: December 31, 1996
5.
Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after
the close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities
sold after the close of the fiscal year but before termination of
the issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
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6.
Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1),
if applicable (see Instruction A.6):
7.
Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which
had been registered under the Securites Act of 1933 other than pursuant
to rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at
the beginning of the fiscal year:
Number of Shares: 156,824
Aggregate Price: 1,458,460
8.
Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year
other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
Number of Shares: 172,079
Aggregate Price: 1,629,585
9.
Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year:
Number of Shares: 123,034
Aggregate Price: 1,175,275
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10.
Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
Number of Shares: 123,034
Aggregate Price: 1,175,275
11.
Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable
(see Instruction B.7):
12.
Calculation of registration fee:
(i)
Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): 1,175,275
(ii)
Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable): 0
(iii)
Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during
the fiscal year (if applicable): (1,175,275)
(iv)
Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously
applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to
rule 24e-2 (if applicable): 0
(v)
Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal
year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus
line (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable): 0
(vi)
Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933
or other applicable law or regulation (see
Instruction C.6): 1/3300
(vii)
Fee due [line (i) or line (v) muliplied by line (vi)]: 0
Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and
(v) only if the form is being filed within 60
days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction
C.3.
13.
Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
lockbox depository:
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* John H. Costello
Assistant Treasurer
Date February 27, 1997
* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the
signature.
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February 20, 1997
Mr. John Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Fidelity School Street Trust (the trust):
Spartan Bond Strategist (the fund)
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Dear Mr. Costello:
Fidelity School Street Trust (the Trust) is a Massachusetts business
Trust created under the name of "Fidelity Municipal Bond Fund"
under a written Declaration of Trust dated, executed and delivered
in Boston, Massachusetts on September 10, 1976. The Trust's name
was changed to "Fidelity Mid-Term Municipals" by vote of the
Board of Trustees on February 11, 1977, which vote was approved
at a Special Meeting of the Sole Shareholder of the Trust on
February 28, 1977. The corresponding amendment to the
Declaration of Trust was filed on March 1, 1977. A supplement to
the Declaration of Trust was approved at a Special Meeting of
Shareholders on March 18, 1997, and was dated and filed with the
Commonwealth on March 28, 1977. The Trust's name was further
changed to "Fidelity Limited Term Municipals" by vote of the
Board of Trustees on April 15, 1977. Having been approved by a
majority of the outstanding shares of the Trust, the corresponding
amendment to the Declaration of Trust was also executed and filed
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth on April 15, 1977. A
supplement to the Declaration of Trust was approved at a Special
Meeting of Shareholders on September 13, 1978, dated September
14, 1978 and filed with the Commonwealth on September 14, 1978.
An amended and restated Declaration of Trust was approved at a
Special Meeting of Shareholders on February 24, 1987 and was
dated March 23, 1987 and filed with the Commonwealth on March
24, 1987. A supplement to the Declaration of Trust was dated and
filed with the Commonwealth on November 30, 1988. The Trust's
name was further changed to "Fidelity School Street Trust" by vote
of the Board of Trustees on June 17, 1993, the corresponding
amendment to the Declaration of Trust was executed and filed with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth on July 1, 1993. By vote of the
Board of Trustees on March 17, 1994, which vote was approved at
a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Trust on December
14, 1994, an amended and restated Declaration of Trust was
executed on January 27, 1995 and filed with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth on February 14, 1995.
I have conducted such legal and factual inquiry as I have deemed
necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise herein defined, are
used as defined in the Declaration of Trust.
Under Article III, Section 1, of the Declaration of Trust, the
beneficial interest in the Trust shall be divided into such transferable
Shares of one or more separate and distinct Series as the Trustees
shall from time to time create and establish. The number of Shares
is unlimited and each Share shall be without par value and shall be
fully paid and non assessable. The Trustees shall have full power
and authority, in their sole discretion and without obtaining any
prior authorization or vote of the Shareholders or any Series or
class of Shareholders of the Trust, to create and establish (and to
change in any manner) Shares or any Series or classes thereof with
such preferences, voting powers, rights and privileges as the
Trustees may from time to time determine, to divide or combine the
Shares or any Series or classes thereof into a greater or lesser
number, to classify or reclassify any issued Shares into one or more
Series of Shares, to abolish any one or more Series or classes of
Shares, and to take such other action with respect to the Shares as
the Trustees may deem desirable.
Under Article III, Section 4, the Trustees shall accept investments
in the Trust from such persons and on such terms as they may from
time to time authorize. Such investments may be in the form of
cash or securities in which the appropriate Series is authorized to
invest, valued as provided in Article X, Section 3. After the date of
the initial contribution of capital, the number of Shares to represent
the initial contribution may in the Trustees' discretion be considered
as outstanding and the amount received by the Trustees on the
account of the contribution shall be treated as an asset of the Trust.
Subsequent investments in the Trust shall be credited to each
Shareholder's account in the form of full Shares at the Net Asset
Value per Share next determined after the investment is received;
provided, however, that the Trustees may, in their sole discretion,
(a) impose a sales charge upon investments in the Trust and (b)
issue fractional Shares.
By a vote adopted on September 10, 1976, and amended on
February 22, 1985, the Board of Trustees authorized the issue and
sale, from time to time, of an unlimited number of shares of
beneficial interest of the trust in accordance with the terms included
in the current Registration Statement and subject to the limitations
of the Declaration of Trust and any amendments thereto.
I understand from you that, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the trust has registered an
indefinite amount of shares of beneficial interest under the
Securities Act of 1933. I further understand that, pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 24f-2, the trust intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a Notice making definite the
registration of 123,034 shares of the trust (the "Shares") sold in
reliance upon Rule 24f-2 during the period January 1, 1996
through December 30, 1996.
I am of the opinion that all necessary trust action precedent to the
issue of Shares has been duly taken, and that all the Shares were
legally and validly issued, and are fully paid and non assessable,
except as described in the fund's Statements of Additional
Information under the heading "Shareholder and Trustee Liability."
In rendering this opinion, I rely on the representation by the trust
that it or its agent received consideration for the Shares in
accordance with the Declaration of Trust and I express no opinion
as to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or applicable state "Blue Sky" or securities
laws in connection with sales of the Shares.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with a Rule 24f-2 Notice
which you are about to file under the 1940 Act with said
commission.
Sincerely,
/s/Kathleen Miskiewicz
Kathleen Miskiewicz
Senior Legal Counsel
