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In their final report to the Governor and Interim Joint Committee on Education, working group members did not recommend that hold harmless and stop loss provisions should sunset after the three-year phase-in period. In fact, there was discussion in work group meetings regarding whether or not to establish a perpetual stop loss provision, but members decided the issue could be addressed three years down the road, when the working group was scheduled to reconvene.

In summary, unless the General Assembly takes action during the 2020 budget session to extend the stop loss provision in fiscal 2021-22, KSU, MoSU, six KCTCS institutions, and potentially other institutions could lose more than 2.0% of their adjusted net General Fund. For this reason, there is unanimous support among Council members, campus presidents, chief budget officers, and CPE senior staff for the Governor and General Assembly to take action and extend the stop loss provision.