Breaking News: 86 per cent of teachers vote yes to accept the tentative deal from the province.
In total 31,741 teachers voted Thursday, 27,275 voted yes, 4,392 voted no.
Minister of Education Peter Fassbender said "On behalf of government, I want to thank and congratulate B.C. teachers for voting in favour of the agreement reached earlier this week between the BCTF and BCPSEA bargaining teams.
"We have one of the best public education systems in the world, and that's in large part because we have such great teachers."
The agreement gives teachers a 7.25 per cent raise, increases health benefits and on-call rates. It also establishes a $400 million fund to hire specialist teachers.
Patti Bacchus, chair of the Vancouver School Board, tweeted that school boards still have to ratify the deal for it to be final. The Vancouver School Board ratified the deal tonight, "I think they're trying to get all districts done by tomorrow," she said on Twitter.
Livestream from the BC Teachers' Federation.