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I believe the plan all along has been to retire the Space Shuttle fleet in 2010. Depending on NASA's plans and funding strategy, that may or may not happen, but at the moment, this calendar year will mark the last launches of the "Space Transportation System".
I've made vauge noises about going down to see a launch while there are still launches to see. Since it's now calendar year 2010, I guess I ought to get on the stick and plan that trip.
For planning purposes here is NASA's page with the schedule of rocket launches this year. The current schedule breaks down as follows:
STS-130: February
STS-131: March
STS-132: May
STS-134: July
STS-133: September
And that appears to be the lot. The last we heard, there was going to be a bump in NASA's budget. I don't know if that was to help extend the Shuttle's operational time, or perhaps contingent on NOT extending the Shuttle's time, or what. Since congressional budget stuff is going on right now, I'm sure those issues are being decided right now in Washington.