California college educators, students and the Secretary of State’s office will join forces in hopes of getting more young people to the polls under a new set of agreements, proclaimed Tuesday.

“We need to collectively embrace our responsibility in educating those young people for their civic responsibility, which begins with registering and voting,” California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Tuesday during a meeting of the Cal State University Board of Trustees.

Padilla appeared at the trustees meeting, which took place at the CSU Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach, to speak on a new agreement between his office, the California State Student Association and CSU Chancellor Timothy White.

Although Padilla asserted “every voter is a lawmaker” — and that’s particularly true with 17 ballot measures set to appear on the November ballot — he also said a mere 8 percent of California youths ages 18 to 24 voted during the November 2014 election.

Elements of the agreement:

• Each of the CSU’s 23 campuses will host voter registration activities on days when students move in to dorms and graduate.

• All campuses will deliver at least one email blast to encourage students to register.

• Cal State Student Association volunteers will aid nonpartisan voter registration and education activities.

• The Secretary of State’s office will schedule campus visits where Padilla will encourage students to vote.

There are similar agreements for the University of California and California Community College systems, said Padilla and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a trustee by virtue of his office. Padilla also said he’s not aware of any other states creating similar get-out-the-vote programs for their respective college systems.

Also on Tuesday, CSU trustees’ government relations committee voted to endorse Proposition 55, which would keep tax increases on high-income earners on the books in order to finance K-12 schools, community colleges and Medi-Cal.

The tax hikes, which voters previously approved by passing Proposition 30 in 2012, are currently scheduled to expire in 2018. If the new ballot measure passes, they would remain in effect until 2030. The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s office estimates the measure could generate $4 to $9 billion in annual income tax revenues, depending upon economic conditions and stock market performance.