The Education and Skills Bill places a duty on young people to participate in education or training until they become an adult.
It will also bring in the legislation needed to transfer responsibility for advice and guidance services from Connexions partnerships to local education authorities.
The government believes the move will strengthen careers education in schools.
The Bill gives the government the legal power to push through its educational reforms. It wants raise the education and training leaving age to 17 by 2013, and 18 by 2015.
Alongside this it is planning to improve the range of apprenticeships and other non-traditional qualifications that are available.
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