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A crowd of angry, largely unmasked people objecting to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' mask mandate for schools shouts in opposition to wearing a face covering at the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La.. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Eddie Rispone, left, responds to a question as Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, and Republican Rep. Ralph Abraham, right, watch as they participate in the first televised gubernatorial debate Thursday Sept. 19, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, an East Baton Rouge Sheriff's officer enters the B-Quick convenience store at the shooting scene in Baton Rouge, La., where several law enforcement officers were either shot or killed. Gavin Long fatally shot two police officers and a sheriff's deputy and wounded three other officers before a SWAT officer killed Long outside the Baton Rouge convenience store. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III scheduled a news conference Friday, June 30, 2017, to release the report and videos related to the investigation of the July 17 shooting. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, right, speaks about the state operating budget proposal while Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, listens on Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Representatives Tony Bacala, R-Prairieville, left, and Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, look through the latest House budget proposal as Appropriations Committee staff passes out spreadsheets on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Members of the House Appropriations Committee listen to testimony about the state operating budget as lawmakers meet in a special session to craft next year's spending plan, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, the governor's chief budget adviser, left, and Barbara Goodson, deputy commissioner of administration, speak about the budget in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, left asks questions about the state operating budget as Rep. Steve Pylant, R-Winnsboro, listens in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, asks questions about the state operating budget as lawmakers meet in a special session to craft next year's spending plan, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Commissioner of Higher Education Joe Rallo, right, and other public college system leaders listen to the budget debate in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Senators and their staff await information about the ongoing budget negotiations between legislative leaders on the final day of the regular legislative session, on Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Probation and parole officers fill out messages for lawmakers in the Louisiana House chamber, trying to persuade the Legislature to keep the officers' pay raise in next year's budget, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Probation and parole officers line up outside the Louisiana House chamber, as they work to persuade lawmakers to keep their pay raise in next year's budget, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Probation and parole officers fill out messages for lawmakers in the Louisiana House chamber, trying to persuade the Legislature to keep the officers' pay raise in next year's budget, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Senators discuss budget details ahead of the Senate Finance Committee's vote on its version of next year's $29 billion state operating budget, on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sens. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, left, Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, center, and Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte, committee chairman, discuss budget details ahead of the Senate Finance Committee's vote on its version of next year's $29 billion state operating budget, on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, reads over his notes ahead of a Senate committee hearing on his bill that would make it more difficult to remove Confederate monuments, on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, speaks to a supporter ahead of a Senate committee hearing on his bill that would make it more difficult to remove Confederate monuments, on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee sit and listen during debate on a bill that would raise Louisiana's gasoline tax, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Barry Ivey, R-Baton Rouge, left, speaks with Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, during House Ways and Means debate on a bill that would raise Louisiana's gasoline tax, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
