In my opinion, to be correct, it was not simply the extension of funding to Separate secondary schools, but the extension of funding to include funding for grades 11 to 13....funding was already provided for grades 9 and 10.  BTW, Catholic parents were already paying for these schools with their education taxes and were being discriminated against by the lack of funding for grades 11 to 13....they were paying twice - first for their taxes to be diverted to the public system and paying tuition for their children to attend grades 11 to 13 in Separate schools.