SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
File No. 2-88373
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
File No. 811-3919
Amendment No. 27
VANGUARD STAR FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)
Registrant's Telephone Number (610) 669-1000
R. GREGORY BARTON, ESQUIRE
P.O. BOX 876
VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482
It is proposed that this filing become effective on September 29, 1999
pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485. This post-effective amendment
designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
This filing is being made to extend the date of effectiveness of the
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to September 29, 1999.
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September 13, 1999
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Vanguard STAR Funds (the Trust)
File Number 2-88373
Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we
are submitting this filing for the sole purpose of extending the pending
effective date of the 24th Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust's Registration
Statement. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 originally requested an effective
date of September 14, 1999. The contents of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 24,
which we filed under Rule 485(a) on July 15, 1999, are hereby incorporated by
reference into this letter.
This submission of Post-Effective Amendment No. 25, under Rule 485(b),
extends the effective date to September 29, 1999. A subsequent Rule 485(b)
filing which we will forward within the next week, will include the entire
Registration Statement with all updates incorporated.
Please contact me at (610) 503-2398 if you have any questions concerning
this amendment or the requested effective date. Thank you.
Sincerely,
/s/ Barry A. Mendelson
Associate Counsel
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS DULY CAUSED
THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 25 TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE TOWN OF VALLEY FORGE AND THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE 13TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1999.
VANGUARD STAR FUNDS
BY: /*/HEIDI STAM
JOHN J. BRENNAN*
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 25 HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS
IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED:
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By: /*/Heidi Stam Senior Chairman of the September 13, 1999
JOHN C. BOGLE* Board and Trustee
By: /*/Heidi Stam Chairman, Trustee, and September 13, 1999
JOHN J. BRENNAN* Chief Executive Officer
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
JOANN HERRERNAN HEISEN*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
BRUCE K. MACLAURY*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
BURTON G. MALKIEL, JR.*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR.*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
JOHN C. SAWHILL*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
JAMES O. WELCH, JR.*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 13, 1999
J. LAWRENCE WILSON*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Treasurer and Principal September 13, 1999
THOMAS J. HIGGINS* Financial Officer and
Accounting Officer
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* By Power of Attorney. See File Number 33-4424, January 25, 1999. Incorporated
by Reference.
