10.28.15 by msedblog CLARION LEDGER: 100-plus JPS teacher contracts voided The Jackson Public School District voided more than 100 contracts this month of teachers hoping to receive a special one-year teaching license. JPS issued 280 contingent contracts this school year to teachers seeking expert citizen’s licenses — one-year licenses issued by the Mississippi Department of Education to people with certain business and professional experience, allowing them to teach in a public school.