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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>
   <periodOfReport>2003-08-27</periodOfReport>
   <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2003-08-27</dateOfOriginalSubmission>
   <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000886206</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FRANKLIN COVEY CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FC</issuerTradingSymbol>
   </issuer>
   <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001183366</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>COVEY STEPHEN R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2220 W PARKWAY BLVD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SALT LAKE CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84119</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
         <isDirector>1</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
      </reportingOwnerRelationship>
   </reportingOwner>
 <nonDerivativeTable>
   <nonDerivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
         <value>Common Stock</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
         <value>2003-08-25</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
         <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
         <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
         <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionAmounts>
         <transactionShares>
           <value>370000</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
         </transactionShares>
         <transactionPricePerShare>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
         </transactionPricePerShare>
         <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
           <value>D</value>
         </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
         <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
           <value>1052384</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
         </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <value>I</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
         </directOrIndirectOwnership>
         <natureOfOwnership>
            <value>SanStep Properties</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
         </natureOfOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeTransaction>
 </nonDerivativeTable>
   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> Indirect Ownership: 1,012,384 shares owned by Sanstep Properties, L.C. a Utah limited liability company, wholly owned by the reporting person and his spouse.  40,000 shares  owned by SRSMC Properties, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, substantially owned by the reporting person and his spouse.</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>Stephen R. Covey</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-08-27</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

