SCHEDULE A TO THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FOUNTAIN SQUARE FUNDS AND BISYS FUND SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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                                                                Exhibit 9(ii)(a)

                                                            DATED: APRIL 1, 1997
                                                         AMENDED: MARCH 23, 1998

                                   SCHEDULE A
                                     TO THE
                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
                        BETWEEN FOUNTAIN SQUARE FUNDS AND
                     BISYS FUND SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP



               NAME OF FUND                                                             COMPENSATION*        
               ------------                                                             -------------                             
                                                                       
Fountain Square Government Cash Reserves Fund                               Annual Rate of:                                       
Fountain Square Commercial Paper Fund                                       Twenty one-hundredths of one percent (0.20%) of all   
Fountain Square U.S. Treasury Obligations Fund                              Funds' average daily net assets up to $1 billion      
Fountain Square U.S. Government Securities Fund                                                                                   
Fountain Square Quality Bond Fund                                           Eighteen one-hundredths of one percent (0.18%) of all  
Fountain Square Ohio Tax Free Bond Fund                                     Funds' average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion
Fountain Square Quality Growth Fund                                         up to $2 billion                                      
Fountain Square Mid Cap Fund                                                                                                       
Fountain Square Balanced Fund                                               Seventeen one-hundredths of one percent (0.17%) of     
Fountain Square International Equity Fund                                   all Funds' average daily net assets in excess of $2   
Fountain Square Equity Income Fund                                          billion                                                
Fountain Square Bond Fund for Income                                        
Fountain Square Municipal Bond Fund 
Fountain Square Pinnacle Fund 
Fountain Square Cardinal Fund 
Fountain Square Tax Exempt Money Market Fund



FOUNTAIN SQUARE FUNDS                            BISYS FUND SERVICES L.P.

By:   /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX                      By:  BISYS Fund Services, Inc.
      ---------------------------                     General Partner
      Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President                    

                                                 By:  /s/ X. XXXXX XXXXX
                                                      -------------------------
                                                      X. Xxxxx Xxxxx
                                                      Executive Vice President

*        All fees are computed daily and paid periodically.

XX       The rate of compensation includes up to four classes of shares per
         portfolio. An additional minimum fee of $10,000 per portfolio for each
         additional class will be assessed.