Follows alleged failure to file statement of financial interests for 2017 and 2018

City and Pittsburgh Public Schools Controller Michael Lamb has filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission after Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Hamlet allegedly failed to file a statement of financial interests for 2017 and 2018. The filing is mandated by state law, and it can be submitted online at the State Ethics Commission's website, but Lamb said there is no record of Hamlet ever filing one in either year. In the complaint filed with the State Ethics Commission, Lamb stated: “As the Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Mr. Hamlet is a public official and/or public employee and is required to file a Statement of Financial Interests with the school district solicitor, Mr. Ira Weiss. Mr. Hamlet has failed to file Statements of Financial Interests for the years 2017 and 2018.” On the form, officials have to list sources of income, gifts they have received, travel expenses and financial interests they may have. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has reported that Hamlet is already under investigation by the Pittsburgh Public Schools solicitor and by the state's auditor general for taking a trip to Cuba that was not approved by the school board. Click here to read more about the Cuba trip investigation. In the letter written to the state ethics commission and to Pittsburgh Public School Solicitor Ira Weiss, Lamb wrote: "As a result of our findings, I am submitting a formal complaint to the State Ethics Commission for your review and investigation."Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reached out to the Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman for a response to these allegations. We have not yet heard back.

City and Pittsburgh Public Schools Controller Michael Lamb has filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission after Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Hamlet allegedly failed to file a statement of financial interests for 2017 and 2018.

The filing is mandated by state law, and it can be submitted online at the State Ethics Commission's website, but Lamb said there is no record of Hamlet ever filing one in either year.


In the complaint filed with the State Ethics Commission, Lamb stated: “As the Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Mr. Hamlet is a public official and/or public employee and is required to file a Statement of Financial Interests with the school district solicitor, Mr. Ira Weiss. Mr. Hamlet has failed to file Statements of Financial Interests for the years 2017 and 2018.”

On the form, officials have to list sources of income, gifts they have received, travel expenses and financial interests they may have.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has reported that Hamlet is already under investigation by the Pittsburgh Public Schools solicitor and by the state's auditor general for taking a trip to Cuba that was not approved by the school board. Click here to read more about the Cuba trip investigation.

In the letter written to the state ethics commission and to Pittsburgh Public School Solicitor Ira Weiss, Lamb wrote: "As a result of our findings, I am submitting a formal complaint to the State Ethics Commission for your review and investigation."

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reached out to the Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman for a response to these allegations. We have not yet heard back.