As said above nowhere does it say that restoration is only a defensive school. Indeed, past TES games have already featured damage to undead from restroration spells. Sunlight spells are logical in the restoration school. Just because it is an offensive spell does no mean it should be in destruction. Go read up on the games magic lore and you will see that Sunlight attacks should be in restoration and nothing else.
Restoration in Daggerfall and Morrowind doesn't contain any offensive spells, and it only has the absorb spells (health, fatigue, skills) in Oblivion. Also, turn undead used to be in conjuration.