Overseas Teachers Act of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Overseas Teachers Act of 1981 - Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act regarding Department of Defense overseas dependents schools to limit the term of teaching positions and the travel and quarters allowance benefits for teachers who are recruited outside the United States. Provides exemptions from such limitations in specified teaching situations. Eliminates the limitation on the amount of leave an overseas teacher may accumulate. Permits the use of leave for paternity purposes. Allows any Federal or District of Columbia employee who becomes an overseas teacher to transfer any sick leave accumulated. Requires that any annual leave accumulated by such a Federal or District of Columbia employee shall be liquidated as a lump-sum payment. Transfers the leave accumulated by an overseas teacher as sick leave if the teacher becomes a Federal or District of Columbia government employee. Allows any teacher who is separated from the service to elect to have any leave remaining: (A) liquidated as a lump-sum payment; (B) considered as creditable service for purposes of retirement benefits; or (C) credited to the individual's account in the event the i…