Many parents will have to wait until the teachers’ dispute is settled before receiving reimbursement for daycare.

B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender confirmed at a press conference Sunday that that school would not start on Tuesday. He said parents with children 12 years old and under attending B.C. public schools should sign up for the daycare support payments online.

According to the government website, parents will be required to pay for daycare up front and later receive $40 per child for each day of the strike.

“Most payments will be processed within 30 days after the month that the labour disruption ends,” the website reads. “Payments for students attending kindergarten, and for students who are new to BC public schools, will also be made after the labour disruption ends once enrollment for the current school year can be confirmed.”

Talks broke down Saturday between the union representing teachers’ and the government negotiators. Veteran mediator Vince Ready left the negotiations saying the two sides were too far apart.

“I've declared an impasse,” Ready said on Saturday night. “I just see no basis at this point for meaningful negotiations or mediations.”

“At this point it's clear that schools won't open on Tuesday,” Cameron said. “The union will be striking on Tuesday and probably for several days next week at least.”

Peter Cameron said he was disappointed that the negotiations were not successful.

“The stumbling block here is the union is still seeking $125 million, or more than anybody else got in the patterns of the public sector that covers 150,000 other employees,” Cameron said. “They still want in the order of $125 million more in benefits and wages.”

BCTF President Jim Iker said the government is not interested in a fair settlement.

“This government did nothing this weekend to get schools open,” Iker said on Saturday.

Fassbender said that the teachers will not be legislated back to work, though he called the teachers’ demands unacceptable and unrealistic.

With files from CTV Vancouver’s Sheila Scott