Any student who is enrolled in a public school in a school district that is administratively consolidated by the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., § 6-13-1405(a)(5) [repealed], and § 6-20-602 [repealed] may be eligible, at the discretion of the local school district board of directors, to attend any class or academic program or participate in any extracurricular activity or program offered by another school in the administratively consolidated district if the public school to which the student is assigned to attend does not offer the same or similar class, academic program, or extracurricular activity or program.