Complex sentence: While applying for the Race to the Top funding, two plans for the L&N STEM Academy were merged together; plans for a school to focus on science, math, and engineering and a plan for a STEM platform school were merged.
Split into simpler sentences: While applying for the Race to the Top funding, two plans were merged together to for the L&N STEM Academy. Plans for a school to focus on science, math, and engineering and a plan for a STEM platform school were merged.