The B.C. government has increased its commitment to $330 million to settle the dispute with the B.C. Teachers乌鸦传媒� Federation, funding 2,600 new teacher positions, Education Minister Mike Bernier says.

The agreement provides 乌鸦传媒渁dditional flexibility乌鸦传媒� on specialty teacher ratios in schools, but achieves provincial language on how to resolve disputes over class size and composition, Bernier told reporters Friday.

The extra funding is to comply with a Supreme Court of Canada ruling in November that requires a return to contract language removed from the BCTF contract in 2002.

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The province had previously announced $180 million so B.C.乌鸦传媒檚 60 school districts could start hiring teachers this year.