BEAR STEARNS FUNDS
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                      EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT A:
     Attachment to item 77B:     Accountant's report on
                                 internal control.

EXHIBIT B:
     Attachment to item 77I:     Terms of new or amended
                                 securities

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EXHIBIT A:

The Board of Trustees of The Bear Stearns Funds:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of The Bear Stearns Funds (the "Fund"),
including S&P Stars Portfolio, The Insiders Select Fund,
Large Cap Value Portfolio, Small Cap Value Portfolio, Focus
List Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, International Equity
Portfolio, Income Portfolio (formerly Total Return Bond
Portfolio), High Yield Total Return Bond Portfolio, and
Prime Money Market Portfolio for the year ended March 31,
1999 (on which we have issued our report dated May 14,
1999), we considered its internal control, including control
activities for safeguarding securities, in order to
determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to
provide assurance on the Fund's internal control.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing
and maintaining internal control.  In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs
of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an
audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing
financial statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control,
misstatements due to errors or fraud may occur and not be
detected.  Also, projections of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods are subject to the risk that the
internal control may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies
and procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control
that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.  A material weakness is a condition in which
the design or operation of one or more of the internal
control components does not reduce to a relatively low level
the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements being audited may occur and not be detected
within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions.  However, we noted no
matters involving the Fund's internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
as of March 31, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management, the Board of Trustees of The Bear Stearns
Funds, and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.


Deloitte & Touche LLP

May 14, 1999



EXHIBIT B:

Attachment 77I
Modification to Constituent Instruments

(a)	On February 10, 1999, the Large Cap Value Portfolio,
Small Cap Value Portfolio, Income Portfolio, S&P STARS
Portfolio and The Insiders Select Fund (the "Portfolios")
restructured their combined Distribution and Shareholder
Servicing Plan ("Old Plan")for each Portfolio's Class A and
C shares, by adopting a distinct Rule 12b-1 Distribution
Plan and a distinct Shareholder Servicing Plan
(collectively, the "New Plans").  The Old Plan for the Class
A shares of Large Cap Value Portfolio, Small Cap Value
Portfolio, S&P STARS Portfolio and The Insiders Select Fund
provided for a distribution and servicing fee of 0.50% which
consisted of a distribution fee at the rate of 0.25% and a
shareholder servicing fee at the rate of 0.25%.  The new
Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan provides for a distribution fee
at the rate of 0.25% and the new Shareholder Servicing Plan
provides for a shareholder servicing fee at the rate of
0.25%. The Old Plan for the Class A shares of Income
Portfolio provided for a distribution and servicing fee of
0.35% which consisted of a distribution fee at the rate of
0.10% and a shareholder servicing fee at the rate of 0.25%.
The new Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan provides for a
distribution fee at the rate of 0.10% and the new
Shareholder Servicing Plan provides for a shareholder
servicing fee at the rate of 0.25%. The Old Plan for the
Class C shares of Large Cap Value Portfolio, Small Cap Value
Portfolio, S&P STARS Portfolio and The Insiders Select Fund
provided for a distribution and servicing fee of 1.00% of
which 0.75% was attributed to distribution and 0.25% was
attributed to shareholder servicing.  The new Rule 12b-1
Distribution Plan provides for a distribution fee at the
rate of 0.75% and the new Shareholder Servicing Plan
provides for a shareholder servicing fee at the rate of
0.25%. The restructuring of the Old Plan into the New Plans
has not changed the nature of the services provided or the
aggregate amount of the fee paid for distribution or
shareholder servicing; it has, however, clarified the types
of services that are covered.




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