Complex sentence: However, Department of Eduation policies and the Education Act do not provide for "relocations" but only for the closure and establishement of a new schools, thus requiring substantial DEC involvement in two distinct decisions.
Split into simpler sentences: However, Department of Eduation policies and the Education Act do not provide for "relocations". Rather, the Act only provides for the closure of existing schools and the establishment of a new schools, thus requiring substantial DEC involvement in two distinct decisions.