(by Kerry Fehr-Snyder, Jun. 15, 2009, The Arizona Republic) Maricopa County's community colleges are getting a boost from two sources of federal funds and are eyeing a third.

They stand to get more than half the estimated $58 million the U.S. Department of Education is funneling through the Governor's Office to Arizona's 14 community-college districts to replace money cut by the Legislature.

Also, they will receive an undetermined amount from $15.9 million in funds for job training and will seek some of the $750 million in U.S. Labor Department grants.

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