AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSUR CORP VAR ACCT B CL 1 SUB ACCTS
497, 2000-09-26
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                   Supplement to Prospectus Dated May 1, 2000

                       Supplement dated September 25, 2000

This Supplement should be retained with the current Prospectus for your variable
annuity  contract  issued  by  American   Skandia  Life  Assurance   Corporation
("American  Skandia").  If you do not have a current  prospectus  please contact
American Skandia at 1-800-SKANDIA.

                            A. PROPOSED SUBSTITUTION

American  Skandia has filed an  application  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission ("SEC") to substitute the following "Replaced  Portfolio/Sub-account"
with the "Substitute Portfolio/Sub-account":

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--------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
             REPLACED PORTFOLIO/SUB-ACCOUNT                                         SUBSTITUTE PORTFOLIO/SUB-ACCOUNT

--------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                      <C>
Alger American Growth portfolio of The Alger American Fund/AA            AST Alger Growth portfolio of American Skandia Trust/AST
Growth Sub-account                                                       Alger Growth Sub-account
--------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

As part of the  Substitution,  American  Skandia is seeking  permission to allow
transfers  from  the  Replaced  Portfolio/Sub-account  to any  other  investment
options available under the Annuity for a period beginning from the date of this
Supplement  without the imposition of any transfer fee.  Additionally,  American
Skandia Life Assurance  Corporation  will not exercise any rights reserved under
the Annuity to impose  additional  restrictions  on transfers  until at least 30
days  after  the  Substitutions.  Under  the  proposed  substitution,  any  such
transfers  would not count in  determining  whether the  maximum  number of free
transfers has been exceeded.  Furthermore,  under the proposed substitution, the
transfer  of  Account  Value  from  the  Replaced  Portfolio/Sub-account  to the
Substitute Portfolio/Sub-account would likewise not be subject to a transfer fee
nor count in determining  whether the maximum number of free transfers have been
exceeded.  The  proposed  substitution  will  not  affect  your  rights  or  our
obligations  under the  Annuity.  American  Skandia  will bear any  expenses  in
connection with the proposed substitution.

Contract Owners with Account Value allocated to a Replaced Portfolio/Sub-account
may remain in the Sub-account  until the earliest to occur of: (1) the date they
transfer  Account  Value out of the Replaced  Portfolio/Sub-account;  or (2) the
date  the  proposed  substitution  is  completed.  On or  after  the date of the
substitution,  the Replaced Portfolio/Sub-account will no longer exist. Contract
Owners  will no  longer  be able  to  allocate  Account  Value  to the  Replaced
Portfolio/Sub-account after the substitution date.


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                      B. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

The investment  objective (in italics) and a short,  summary  description of the
key  policies  for  the  Substitute  Portfolio  follows.  The AST  Alger  Growth
portfolio of American Skandia Trust is not currently available; however, it will
be available at the time the Substitution is effective.

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                                                                                                           PORTFOLIO
      STYLE/                        INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES/POLICIES                                          ADVISOR/
       TYPE                                                                                                SUB-ADVISOR
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------
<S>               <C>                                                                                   <C>
                  AST  Alger  Growth:   seeks  long-term  capital  growth.   The                            Fred Alger
                  Portfolio  invests  primarily  in equity  securities,  such as                         Management, Inc.
                  common or preferred stocks,  that are listed on U.S. exchanges
                  or in  the  over-the-counter  market.  The  Portfolio  invests
                  primarily  in  growth  stocks  of "high  unit  volume  growth"
                  companies  (vital,  creative  companies  that  offer  goods or
                  services to a rapidly  expanding  marketplace)  and  "positive
LARGE CAP         life cycle change" companies  (companies  experiencing a major
 GROWTH           change that is expected to produce advantageous  results). The
                  Portfolio  focuses on growing  companies  that  generally have
                  broad product lines, markets, financial resources and depth of
                  management. The Portfolio normally invests at least 65% of its
                  total assets in equity  securities  of companies  that, at the
                  time  of  purchase  of  the  securities,   have  total  market
                  capitalizations  of $1 billion or greater.  The Portfolio also
                  may invest up to 35% of its total assets in equity  securities
                  of companies that, at the time of purchase,  have total market
                  capitalizations of less than $1 billion.
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