CERTIFICATION OF
STRONG SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC.
ON BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING SERIES:
STRONG SHORT-TERM BOND FUND
STRONG SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC. (the "Registrant") does hereby certify as
follows:
1. This Certification is made pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act
of 1933.
2. Reference is made to the Strong Short-Term Bond Fund's Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information for the Investor Class, Advisor Class, and
Institutional Class shares, each dated February 29, 2000 filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 (File No. 33-13356;
811-5108), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 24, 2000 (the "Post-Effective Amendment").
3. The Post-Effective Amendment is the most recent post-effective amendment
filed by the Registrant.
4. The form of Strong Short-Term Bond Fund's Prospectuses and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the
Securities Act of 1933 would not have differed from that contained in the
Post-Effective Amendment.
5. The text of the Post-Effective Amendment has been filed electronically.
STRONG SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC.
/S/ JOHN S. WEITZER
By: John S. Weitzer
Title: Vice President
Dated: March 7, 2000
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