Austin ISD awarded $15M grant for solar panel program

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Department of Energy named the Austin Independent School District the recipient of a multi-million-dollar grant to expand the district's solar panel program.Austin ISD received the $15 million grant to help fund the addition of solar panels to 14 "historically underserved communities," the district said in a release Monday. It was the sole Texas school district to receive funding from the federal government's Renew America's Schools Grant program.Right now, 14 Aust